THE CHAMELEON. 



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or great lizard of the West Indies deposits liers in the hol- 

 lows of trees. Certain kinds are Tiviparous. 



Forming a connecting link between the lizards and the 

 serpents is the glass-snake ( Opheosau?-us), whose body is very 

 long, snake-like, and limbless, as is also the singular A77i- 

 pMshcBna of Brazil (Fig. £34) whose tail is nearly as broad 



Fig. 234. — Head and tail of Amphisbcena. From Liitken's Zoology. 



as the head, and since tlie creature runs both backwards as 

 well as forwards it is popularly supposed to be two-headed. 

 It feeds on ants and other insects, and lives in or about ant 

 hills. 



The chameleons have the five toes arranged in two op- 

 posable groups adapted for grasping the twigs of trees; 



Fig. 235. — Tongue of Chameleon Natural size. 



their eyes have a movable circular lid; they have remark- 

 ably long tongues (Fig. 235), which can be darted out five 

 or six inches at insects, which adhere to the sticky swollen 

 extremity while tbe body of the chameleon is perfectly im- 

 movable. Chameleons can change their color at will; as 

 can the Anolis (Fig. 230) nf Florida, which is a long smooth- 



