SAURIA. 



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the West Indies, (7. Tuber culata,) is four or five feet 

 long, marbled with various shades of green. It 

 passes its time mostly on trees, at the edges of rivers 

 and springs. It is said to be herbivorous, eating 

 leaves and flowers. Mr. Broderip saw a living 



THE SCALY IGUANA (/. Squamosa). 



Iguana, about two feet long, in a hot-house near 

 Bristol. It had refused insects, and other animal 

 food, till, happening to be near some kidney-bean 

 plants, it began to eat their leaves, and was thence- 

 forth supplied with those plants. To this account 

 Dr. Buckland adds, that Captain Belcher, in 1828, 

 found in the Island of Isabella swarms of Iguanas, 



