CLASS REPTILIA. 



h. Feet four, undivided, oblong^ scaly ; scales of body and 

 tail keeled, pointed subverticulafe. Monodactylus, 

 Merrem. Chamae Saura, Fitzinger. 



Anguine Monodactyle. Monodactylus Anguinus. Lacerta 

 Anguimis, Linn. Lac. Monodactyle, Lacep. Ann. Mus. 

 ij. t. 49. f- 1. The scales of the back in straight, and 

 tho se of the belly in oblique whorles. 



Gen. VI. BiPEs. 



Feet two, posterior imperfect ; scales uniform, imbricate, 

 the ventral rather the largest ; head long ; tongue short, 

 contractile, two-cut. 



a. Feet imdivided, oblong ; scales smooth ; femoral pores 

 none ; ears o ; Ophoides, Wagler. Pygopus, Spiw. 



Brazilian Bipes. Ophiodes Striatus, Wagler. Pygopus 

 Cariococca, Spix, t. 28. f. 1., adult. Pygopus Striatus, 

 Spix, t. 28. f. 2. Young. Seps fragilis, Raddi. Pseu- 

 dopus Olfersii, Licht. Brazils. Mus. Brit. Bipes 

 Lineata, Cuv. Mus. Paris. The lines become double near 

 the head. 



Wagler cites another species, O. Gronovii, Wagler. Pygo- 

 pus Striatus, Fitzinger. Pygodactylus Gronovii, Merrem.; 

 but I have not seen it. 



6. Feet undivided, oblong ; scales smooth ; femoral pores 

 oione ; ears distinct. Delma, Gray. 



Frasers Bipes. Bipes Fraseri, Gray. Brit. Mus. 



Tail one-third longer than the body ; black ; beneath paler ; 

 head with four narrow pale cross bands. New Holland. 



c. Feet undivided, oblong ; scales of bade keeled ; femoral 

 pores distinct. Pygopus, Merrem. 



New Holland Bipes. Pygopus Lepidopus, Merrem. Bipes 



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