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TRINIDAD. 



EEPTILES. 



THE four grand divisions of reptiles have their representatives 

 in the island, viz., the chelonia, the sauria, the ophidia, and the 

 batrachians. Of these a few are to be met with in the other 

 West India Islands, whilst many are common to Trinidad and the 

 neighbouring continent, but none seem to be peculiar to this 

 island alone. 



CATALOGUE OF REPTILES, 



ORDER I. CHELONIA. 

 FAMILY I. 



Land Tortoises Testudo. 2 species. 



TestudoTabulata.(&\ 

 ,, Carlonaria.(\ 



FAMILY II. 



Fresh-water 



Tortoises . Emys. 2 species, (b) 



FAMILY III. 



Sea Tortoises Chelonia. 3 species. 

 Testudo My das. (c) 

 Testudo Marina, (d) 

 Testudo Imbricata.(e) 



ORDER II. SAURIA. 

 FAMILY I. 



Crocodilians . Alligator. 1 species. 



Alligator Sclerops.(i} 



FAMILY II. 



Lacertidse . Geckos. 2 species. 



BY DR. J. COURT. 

 FAMILY II. continued. 



Platydactylus Phe- 

 conyx. (g) 



Hemidactylus Ma- 

 buia. (h) 

 Iguanidss. 4 species. 



Polychrus Marmo- 

 ratus. (i) 



Anolius Alligator, (j) 



Iguana Tuberculata. 



Hypsibates Agamoi- 



des. (1) 

 Salvator. 1 species. 



SalvatorMerianse. (m) 

 Ameiva. 2 species. 



Ameiva Vulgaris. (n) 



Ameiva Major, (n) 

 Chalcides. 2 species. 



Ampldsbaena Fuli- 

 ginosa. (o) 



(a) The land tortoises are known here by the name of morocoy, and (b) fresh- 

 water tortoises by that of galapa. 



(c) Common turtle, (d) Caouane. (e) Caret, or tortoise. 



(f ; Alligator, or babiche. 



(g) Plantain Mabuia, or mabouia des bananiers. 



(h) Wall Mabuia, or mabouia des murailles. 



(i) ( j) Generally considered here as chameleons. 



(k) Common guana, or Idsard. 



(1) A lizard, remarkable for an inflated head and spinous or j.encilled-like groups on 

 the vicinity of the ear. 



(m) Mato, or mate, (n) Ground anolis, or lizards. 



(o) Double-headed serpent, or serpent-a-tkux-tetes. 



