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cut varieties in the Conn of the dermal appendages, and in the colour 

 of the body in the different seasons of the year, one fa ren glad to 

 seize on any part which appears to offer a permanent and tangible 

 character : — 



Fain. I. SbIRANOTIDJC. 



Seiranotina, Gray, Cat. B. -M. 1850, 29. 



Skull very depressed, broad ; the fronto-temporal arch distinct 



and united to the hones of the skull (figure 1). Tongue I 

 hinder halt" tree. Body granular. Palatini- bonefl with a longitu- 

 dinal scries of teeth forming two diverging series, angular in front. 

 Uili- well developed. Vertehrae crested above. Limbs ami feet well 

 ossified. Toes 4'4. 



1. SkiRANOTA. 



Lateral line none. Skin closely and equally granular, granules 

 oblong:. 



SeIRAXOTA l'KRSlMCIJLLATA (skull, lig. 1). 



B.M. 



Fie. 1 



Pic. 3. 



Pie. 2. 



Sehranota 



fjefs/jicillata. 



Spelerpt s 

 rubra. 



Calofriton 

 pvnctulatut. 



Fain. II. Pi.KrKomi.in 1 . 

 Skull depresssed, broad, with a distinct fronto-temporal arch, 



f'ornieil by the union of a process of the frontal and temporal hone. 

 Tongue moderate, attached; hinder and side edges .-carccly free. 



Body granular. Palatine bone, with a longitudinal series of teeth 

 forming two diverging series, angular in front. Ribs well developed. 

 Vertebra crested above. Limbs and feet well ossified. Toes 1*5. 



a. Fronto-temporal arch complete. Lateral line* of /<•>/■• distinct, 

 l,,ir down between ihc axilla and groin. 



2. l'i.i;i CdO" 



Bibs exserted, forming a series >i pin.- along the aides. H 

 ami skull depressed, broad. Paratoids distinct. 



