CLASS REPTILIA, - 



Green Jmeiva. Teius (J.) Viridis, Merrem. Lacerta. 

 Teyou, Daiid. Jmeiva Teyu^ Lecht. 



Top of head and dorsal line green ; body olive violet, with 

 six white longitudinal lines ; throat and belly silvery white. 



Collared Ameiva, Teius (J.) Collaris. Agama Collaris, Say, 

 Long. Exp. 



Olive, with five or six alternate broad dusky and narrow 

 yellow or grey spotted fibrous bands ; sides greenish yellow ; 

 sides of neck fibrous, varied with red and black bands, be- 

 neath pale. North America, Arkansa Territory. 



IV. Abdominal scales lanceolate, keeled ; tail round ; collar 

 distinct. Kentropyx, Spix. 



Intermediate Centropyoc. Teius (C) Intennedius, Schlegel. 

 Back with three pale lines ; dorsal scales minute. Surinam, 

 Mus. Leyd. 



Spurred Centropyx. Teius (C) Calearatus, Spix. t. 22, 



f. 2. 



Scales of the back and throat granular. Males with two 

 small spine-like scales on each side of the vent ; scales of the 

 belly, legs, and tail, keeled, green ; sides of the back blackey. 

 Brazils. 



Striated Centropyx. Teius {K.) Striata. Lacerta Striata, 

 Daud. Pseudo-Ameiva Striata, Fitz. Merrem. "Wetter. 

 Ann. i. t. 1, Pr. Max. Beytr. xiii. 



Grey, sides blue, witJi two longitudinal brown lines ; abdo- 

 minal scales twelve rows ; dorsal scales keeled. 



Genus IV. Lacerta. 



Tongue contractile ; head shielded ; palate toothed ; lateral 

 line, none ; the bones of the skull advanced over the temples 



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