CLASS REPTILIA. 



h. Head, lyrate, ears distinct, hack and tail crested, Agama. 



Gariocephalus, Boie. 

 Agama Tigrina, Merrem. Shaw, t. 68. Lophyrus gigas, 



Boie. 



Pale brown, with transverse spotted bands. 



Lophyrus Kuhlii, Boie, MS. 



Crest less elevated, back with five or six oblique white 

 bands. 



c. Cytophanes. 

 Cyrtophanus Cristatus, Boie. Agama 

 Cristata, Merrem. Seba, 1, t. 94, f. 4. 



Scales of body, smooth, of limbs and tail, larger and keeled. 



d. Back scales large, shelving upwards. Calotes, Boie. 



Common Calotes. Calotes OphiomacMcs, Kaup. Lac. Calotes, 

 Lin. Seba, 1, t. 93, f. 2. 



Blue, sides white banded, with two rows of compressed spines 

 behind the ears, scales large, rounded, vertical on back. 



Indian Calotes. Calotes Tiedemani, Kaup. Isis. xx, t. 8. 

 Young. Agama Versicolor, Baud. t. 44. Ag. Flavigu- 

 laris. Baud, and Agama Indica, Gray. 



Brown, varied with spots, with two or three groups of small 

 conical spines over the ears. India. 



Smaller Calotes. Agama Minor, Gray, Zool, Jour. 



Tail short, back brown, with larger brown spots. 



e. Back scales, small, horizontal. Bronchocela, Kaup. 



Blue Calotes, Agama Cristatella, Kuhl. Seba, 1, t. 89, f. 1. 



Blue, not banded, nuchal crest, very small, low, scales of 

 body, keeled, smaller than on tail and limbs, 



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