HERPETOLOGY. 



RMsrt. iiiniliim* system of Comparative Anatomy translated The SAL-RIAN*, or lizards, have a lengthened scaly History. 

 v r ' from Blumenbacb, with much additional information body, feet armed with claws ; a tail that is often of con- 

 tram Cavier, and lately published by Mr Lawrence ; siderable length, and the jaws beset with teeth. Their : 

 T "..'.".. ' i:iii's Ixquirn tula tkt c^at- rt pr-4ucr,t in ,1imoiri,mc I.-.'- are in genenl >lu.rt. ..P.! lopv.jiicntly their |>:KV. 

 ; y HftpiraitoH. ire. ; several papers by Cuvier, Geof- though quicker than that of the former order, is slower 

 froy . Daudin, Lacepede. &c. in the Amnatet At Mm- than that of most quadrupeds ; and as their legs are 

 amm fUiitotrt Nttmntlt, more particularly in the 3d, set wide from the body, their progress is unsteady and 

 10th, 1 Ah, and 14th < ulmnm. and a single paper by oblique. The reptile* of this order also copulate, and 

 Mr Revet Chipaiiil on the British Usard*, m the se- deposite their en* to be hatched by chance. The 

 vantfa valamr of the Limmam Treated***, young are rxtnaded in a perfect state. 

 On the history and manner* of the aprcia*. aaarh in* Of the Saurian order, Daudin reckons sixteen ge- 

 reoma; information may be derived from Sloane's nera, which we shall divide, with Dumeril, into two 



Sft.; Brown's Sections, Plant caWafe, or flat tailed, and Ttreiicau- 



Hutory of 



A'a/vr*/ aaW Cml Hutory of Jtmmiem t CaHlhr** dot*, or round tailed. Of the flat-tailed Saurians we 



\mtmrml Hutory of Gcreim* ; BaMeT* ffmtmrml Hi* have four genera : CrcoaV*u having a flattened head. 



lory */ Miff 1 1 White'* .Ve/fW Hutory a/" aj the scales on the back of unequal siae, and the hind 



bar* . voria \atmrm/e aWb SeraVyaar. or hi* feet pabaated; Draatnm, having a square head, and 



II atari* AmmkiUtrmm tt Putin y*raaaar. / Binglry's the ton distinct ; B**iluau, having equal dorsal scale* 



Ammmt Aastrrea**. vol. iii^ Forakal. Fmmm* Ant**, and a created ridge along the back. supported by bony 



awl the Voyage* or Travel* of Hamlimiat, Brace. Sao- rays, and TufSummkii, having equal scale* but no dor. 



mni, Olivier, Cek. llartaiin. Bertram. Deawi, Bar- aal ridge. Of tbv round-tailed 



there are twelve 



grnera, vis. Ifmimi, haviag a creat on the back, and a 

 serrated exeat on the throat ; Draco, having the side* 



i* nrcmary. i Mdrr to render having an nhloag scaly body and tail, an inflated throaty 

 Ir. that we sboeJd here give a and tfa feet long and thiu. each furnished w, 

 ef the arranajeaaent which we aaean alaadtr *aparate toe* ; StMo, havng a *pinou* tail co- 



the Seeand Part ef this artide. veradwith caiiaaitail acales; Ciarfro.havtngfeet formed 



'MM arrangeanenta of for dimbing; Gccht, having a thick body, and a throat 



by modern natural- capable of bring dilated by inflation ; .Imtlit, having a 



iil'i. a i in ihaiiiaiil lii|iiilii ihal nflhi Fiaaili iitninl. long thin body, and dilatable throat ; Loccrta. having a 



irh we think it MMecevary to carry the nibtlivi- plated head, bat no inflation of the throat ; Takydri* 



of the genera *o far as has bean daw* by Duaarrii aw*, having the body long and thin, and a row ot' very 



BOOM of bit aawciate*. email aiaaalai pare* aloag each thigh ; Scimcu*, having 



_*>. a a 11 !* ." . I 



i of the mpuHa, winds, a* we have a long eealy bo.lv and tail, and duunct leg*; Sept and 



the third order in thia new arrang* CaafcmVi. agreeing in having a very long and slender 



> tribe* are djatrrtmtad into three or- body, with either two or four very email abort fret, 



Iiots, and H\TH UN*, and dmWng a* *ome minnH particular*, which will be 



<IAS have a short, tnsefc, oval body, co- noticed bereafwr. 



vend with a horny abaO or membranaceoa* coat. The In the third order, BATKACIANS, the body is naked, B 



aamararaWWpartof thMMeallad the aaaY, ami i* i r. covered neither with shell nor scales ; the feet are 



formed of thr verubne and rib. rmiiHil together always divtinct and without daw. , the two one* do 



within or beneath the eater covering ; and the lower or not enter into perfect copulation, and the young uu- 



ajaiwif part ia ended tW ImiifaaW. The ham) ia suo- deno a sneUmorohoai*. 



covering ; and the lower or nut enter into perfect capulauon, and the young un- 

 part ia ceiled tke iMutplHr. The head ia sup- dcrgo a meUmorphoai*. 

 bv pretty long neck, and the saouth M forw llii* order i* asibdivided into two section*, those with- 



h two mandiba**, |mai1j finiatiliag the ent Ub and those with tafla, and in each of the** *ec> 



bill af a bird. Tbeae tribe* are m g.ajsral alew in mo- tions are rcvkonad three genera. 



y, and have a languid eir- The ceMn of the Bntrarian* without tail, are lljta. 



They live chieny on ve- or tree-free;, having a long body a little cumprfned ; a 



mmlation, in which act short neaby tongue ; four toe* on the fore feet, ten.n- 



I Their agg* are covered natad by Wticaair knob* ; Rana, or frog, dibVring 



by thefomalemtbeaand. from the former in having the toe* pointed and not 



The young are hatched an ebbed ; and But", or toad, having a thick broad 



hi thr form whi^i tl>y are t., bjmmmj n,r,,ti.-ii i .:. body beart with w'arty tubercle*, especially two upon 



The Cltehmian order i* divided by DwnrrU into four the neck. The genera belonging to the second sec- 

 tion are 5eZenMaV0. having a long body terminated 

 by a tail that i* generally cylindrical, three or four toes 

 on the for* feet, and five on the hind ; Pratemi, having 

 a long body terminated by a compreaafd tin-like tail, 



ef Cnvier in** two gmara, Otsajiia and Ttutmdo ; the three tea* en the fora feet, and two on the hind, with 



, or turtle*, which peraistent branch ur ; and Siren, having a lengthen- 

 the form rather of ed body, a i tanprMaiirl fin-Uke tail, fore feet fur. 

 the miter, or the tor- nished with claws, bat no mod feet and persistent 



