H E R P E T O L O G Y. 



*AH* 



The feet are rather thick and king, and furnished each 

 with five toes, terminating in claw*. 



re are two specie*, viz. 



Spffiet 1. Batiluc** maratia. Mitred basilisk. Tail 

 lone and pointed ; back of th head kurmounted with a 

 :igh imire-ahaptd membrane. See Plate 1 CXl VI 

 Fig. 5. 



ll*tilic pnprememi dit t ou a ctpmcJitn, Daud. iii. 

 p. 3ia pL Jlii. 



Le Bat&c, Lacepede, vol. i. part ii. art. 14. 



Laceria barilucvt. Linn, a Gim-lin, 1068. 



2. B. tmbonenuf. Amboioa B. Tail long; bead 



n U I *4/t*m*l tfMM^ ruwf inMffawi 



Le B. f*it*r*t fjtmimmt, Daud. iii. p. Sli 



Ijt porte-crtte, Laoapgda, vol. i. part ii. art. 15. 



Jjocerta aatboinnnu. Linn, a Gmelia, p. 1064. 



The animal* above characterised, though singular in 

 their external appearance, have nothing of the terrible 

 aspect and deadly prapertie* of the basilisk, to re- 

 nowned among the writer* of antiquity. See H\-II.IH. 

 They are harmleta inoffensive creaturea, enlivminx the 

 woods of America and Asia with their active motion*. 

 Aaauted by the ereat on their back and tail, they leap 

 with agility from branch to branch, though they have 

 no pntanmoa to flying, a* wa supposed by S*)ML It 

 is not certain whether they fraquant the water, but it' 

 they do, their pasted inbiMM matt act aa fine. 



Gcxus IV. TII .\\xai*. 



The aniinah of thi* tribe have the back and bell 



with small 

 The he. 

 a* well a* the Back, u long and thin 



III. 1,,11-lM- I. 



JyUUng.-rf 



ami forked. The body 

 hot af a robust make. The tad is very long, 

 at its baat. slightly vertidllatad, a* 



MdldMll 



fit.iifciilwlhaeryaaal 



i five taw separated and ftsniasiurl with claw*. 

 "MS are very active, live both on land 

 and in the water, lead on insects, snaila, and *, 



water, 



i on wood mice, fruit*, and fiahe*. The 

 latgir ansiias aaah greedily aftar the eggs af crocodile*, 

 although they carefully avoid the young af those ani- 

 mal*, which, in their torn, prey en the tsminambaa. 



Thrv are all native* of warn cUMlM, and are (bund 

 chiefly in South America, Kirypt, and the Ea*t Indies. 

 Daudin hae characU i ixd fourteen *pecie*, which be 

 distribau* under t .. Sevtina* aa follow* : 



r. I. r./.4 mil* lit Tutl tomprtutd md 



r 

 bfc. Headcov 



, pretty 



with four lon^irndinal Hneaand tr 



tiiptnatn- 

 ; back black, 

 white bands, 



, belly whitish, with black shade* ; 

 tail very fitte rotuprcaatd, 



Le Tufiaamfiu pnopremo* dil, on Sammrrf, Daud. 

 20! 



r *pimmt>it, Lacrp. i. part ii. art. fi. pi. xiii. fig. 2. 

 Ltc <-lin. p. 1 



:'oru lizard, Shaw, Hi. p. SI 4. pi. Ixvi. 

 /'. eirfaut. Elegant T. Brownish with white 

 conci al<ive the head and neck, nine trans- 



verse ' nnmrl white spot upon the hack i the 



belly whi'- rrrupted transverse brown lines; 



'it 1 , .nmnressrd. 

 I./- . I >uiid. ni. p. 36. 



3. '< 'it. (rpedian T. Brownish above, with 



from *rt to <4 trwwem rwrt af spots ; white on the 



VOL. II. rBT I. 



fore part of the body, and black on the hinder ; whitish Siurba 

 below, with interrupted transverse brown lines. 

 Le T. cejxdian, Daud. iii. p. 43. pi. xxix. 



4. T. imlicut. Indian T. Black above, with con- 

 fusedly scattered white dots. 



Le T. i ad if n, Daud. iii. p. 46. pi. xxx. 



5. T. naculalus. Spotted T. Black above, irrcgu- Macutatus. 

 larly marked with transverse bands, and M-VCII longi- 

 tudinal rows of greenish spots on the upper p;ut ; 



neck plaited below ; tail half the length of the body. 

 Le T. a tucket verin, Daud. iii. p. 18. 



6. T. grittut. Gray T. Yellowish-gray without Grisc 

 spots, paler below ; scales nearly hexagonal, granulated 



.r margin ; tail nearly cylindrical, and as long as 

 the body. 



Le T. grit fEgypte, Daud. viii. p. 352. 

 SECT. II. Tnpmamlxi having Ike Tail turmomtUd *ith 

 a tmall double Crett, tliglUly terraled. 



7. T. tlfllatiu. Stellated T. Blnckish-brown above, Su-Uiu>. 

 with transverse bands of small whitish circular spots, 

 interspersed with whitish dots ; tail long. 



Le T. ctoiU d"Afrimu, Daud. iii. p. 39. pi. xxxi. 



8. T. *itoiictir. T. of the Nile. Differs from the NUo- 

 former in having the acellated spots and dots irregu- 

 larly disposed. Probably a variety. See Daud. viii. 



p. 353. 



/'. bfngaltntii. Bengal T. Ash-coloured above, Bcngalamu. 

 spotted with white and black ; black bands across the 

 cheeks ; throat dotted with black ; whitish below ; tail 



/ T. piqwelc de Kengalt, Daud. iii. p. 67. 



10. T. ornattu. Ornamented T. Body black ; throat Ornatui. 

 white, radiated with nine transverse black bands ; with 

 seven tramvme row* of round white spots upon the 



back ; and from twel 

 the tail. See PlnU 



I* T. onu, Dau 

 lliii. \nlnr. torn. ii. 



11. T. allngnlarit. 



m whitish rings round PLATE 

 XCVl Fig. 6. ccxcvt. 



Inn. de Mi. de Vt * 

 y4O. pi. x I viii. 



\Miit.-throated T. Lower part AlbiguUm. 

 and aide* of the head and neck whitish, spotted with 

 brown ; two whitish line* extending from the eyes to the 

 neck ; tail long. 



Le T.a gorge blimcAe, Daud. iii. p. 72. pi. xxxii. 



IS. T. rarif'atiu. Variegated T. Blackish above, Varitgstui. 

 variegated with double transverse rows of round yel- 

 low lines and shade* ; tail twice as long as the body. 



Le T. Ingarrr, Dand. iii. p. 



Pavsenfcsfitxari/.VVhite, Voyareto ff.S. ir<iit*,p.S5S. 



13. T. rro*tmrmalicH*. Pimply T. Black-coloured, EMatlio 

 with roundish white spota irregularly disposed ; belly matkiu. 

 market) with brown bands ; two black line* behind the 

 eye* ; head scaly above ; tail of moderate length. 



Le T. rtan(firmatitfiie de Senegal, Daud. iii. p. 80. 



1 I. T. locrrlittui. Lizard T. Some carinated scales 

 along the back ; eight longitudinal rows of smooth plates 

 below the belly ; tail long, with a small double crest at 

 its base. 



I* T. lisardrl, Daud. iii. p. 85. 



Is Silomi,', Lacepede, i. part ii. art. II. 



Laetria bicarinata, Linn, a Gmelin, p. 1060. 



GENUS V. lotv ANAS. 



The individuals of this tribe resemble those of the 

 last, in having the body and tail surrounded with nil- Oemu - 

 merous small rings of ramute scales that are nearly of a 

 square figure, and in sometimes having the tail a little 

 compressed at the side*, though this is in a small de- 

 gree. A high crest composed of numerous JM 

 scales, resembling the teetn of a comb, extends ; 

 D 



