order sauria, 125 



Trapelus. Cuv. 



Have the form and teeth of the agam^, but then- 

 scales are small and without spines. They have no 

 pores in the thighs. 



The Trapelus of Egypt. Trap. JEgyptius. Geoff. 

 Kept. d. Eg. pi. V. f 3, 4. The adult, Daud. III. 

 xlv. 1, under the name orhiculaire. 



Is a small animal which sometimes has the body 

 swelled, and is remarkable for changes of colour, 

 more rapid than those of the cameleon. The young 

 is entirely smooth. The adult has some scales a 

 little larger, scattered over the body among the 

 others.* 



Leiolepis. 



Have the teeth of the agamae, the head less swelled, 

 and are entirely covered with very small, smooth 

 and crowded scales. They have pores in the 

 thighs, t 



Tropido-Lepis. Cuv. 



Are similar to the agamai in teeth and form, but 

 uniformly covered with imbricated and carinated 



* This subgenus is also rather difficult to separate with precision from 

 certain agamae of a clumsy form, and but slightly furnished with spines. 



t We have one species of Cochin-China with a long tail, blue, with 

 white stripes and spots. {Lc'wl. GuUalus. Cuv) 



