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the liver is divided into a right and left lobe, with subdivisions of 

 the latter. In the Pipa the right and left divisions are quite 

 distinct, and each is subdivided. In Cceciliu the elongated liver 

 is divided into several small flattened lobes. The liver, in the 

 Chameleon, consists of one lobe ; in the Gecko {Plutijdactylus 

 yuttatus) and the Draco volans, fig. 292, k, it is triangular: the 



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anterior angle accompanies the vena cava towards the heart : a 

 second angle, m, m, enters the curve of the stomach : the third is 

 directed backward, along the right side : the gall-bladder lies in a 

 notch between the last two angles. In some other Lizards this 

 notch is deeper, and the increased size of the left process gives the 

 liver a bilobed character ; the vena portje enters the fissure, the 

 vena cava enters the longer right lobe. In the Iguana the liver 

 extends from right to left, with a convexity forward, and with a 

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