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bodied lizard, wliicli can cliaiige its color from a bright pea- 

 green to a deep bronze-brown. The Geliko (Fig. 237, 

 Sphcerodadylus) has bulbous toes. 



The horned toads {Phry?iosoma, Fig. 238) are character- 

 istic of the dry western plains; the body is broad, flattened, 

 and spiny. Their color is like that of the soil they inhabit. 



Fig. 236.— West Indian Anolis. From LUtken's Zoology. 



Like all other lizards, the horned toads can withstand along 

 fast; they will in captivity cat insects and take milk. 



Our most common lizard in the Middle and Southern 

 States is Svehporus iindulatns; it is about six inches long, 

 gray, with dark wavy bands, and may be seen in sunny 

 glades running up the trunks of trees. The iguanas are 



