276 REPTILES. [Cuar. IX. 
limited power of 
respiration, which 
justifies the ac- 
curate picture of — 
“The green lizard, rustling thro’ the 
grass, 
And up the fluted shaft, with short, 
quick, spring 
To vanish in the chinks which time 
has made.” ! 
The most beautiful of the 
race is the green calotes?, in 
length about twelve inches, 
which, with the exception of 
a few dark streaks about the 
head, is as brilliant as the 
purest emerald or malachite. 
Unlike its congeners of the 
same family, it never alters 
this dazzling hue; whilst 
many of them possess, but 
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1 Rocsrs’ Pestum. 
2 Calotes sp. 
CALOTES OPHIOMACHUS 
