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

 tail keeled, pointed subverticulate. Monodactylus, 

 Merrem. Chamae Saura, Fitzinger. 



Anguine Monodactyle. Monodactylus Anguinus. Lacerta 

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

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

 those 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 undivided, oblong ; scales smooth ; femoral pores 

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



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. 



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

 none ; 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 back keeled ; femoral 

 pores distinct. Pygopus, Merrem. 



New Holland Bipes. Pygopus Lepidojms, Merrem. Bipes 



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