CLASS REPTILIA. 



Gen. I. ZoNURus. 



Teeth placed on the side of the jaws ; legs four, moderate ; 

 ears, exposed ; vent mediaL 



1. Toes 5, 5 ,• femoral pores distinct ; tail with spinose 



whorled scales. Africa. Zonurus. 



Common Zonurus. Lac. Cordylus, Linn. Cordylus Gris- 

 seus, Seba, i. t. 48. f. 4. 



Brown with a yellow line down the back ; the scales nearly 

 equal. Cor. Niger, Cuv., is from a badly preserved speci- 

 men, and Cor. Dorsalis, from a good coloured specimen. Cape. 



Armed Zonurus. Zonurus Cataphractus. Bonn. Trans. 



Head with large scales ; scales of the body large and hard, 

 of the sides three toothed ; of the thighs, neck, and tail, 

 ending in a trigonal spine. 



Small scaled Zonurus. Zonurus Microlepidotus. Gray. 

 Dorsal scales about half the size of ventral, bluntly keeled. 



2. Toes 5, 5, femoral pores distinct ; tail unarmed. Cicigna, 



Gray, 1815. Gerrhosaurus, Wiegmann. 



Common Cicigna. Cicigna Sepiformis. Scincus, Merrem. 

 Lac. Seps, Lin. Gerrhosaurus Flavigularis, Weigmann. 



Olive brown, beneath white, chin, throat, and upper lateral 

 scales, yellow ; fore, middle, and hinder toes longest. 



Smooth Cicigna. Cordylus LcEvigatus, Cuv. 



Brown, with four black and yellow lines on each side the back, 

 and two series of black and yellow spots ; scales obliquely 

 four sided, keeled. Perhaps the same as former. 



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