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pable of projecting five or six inches, and covered with 
a sticky secretion for the capture of insects. The eyes 
are large, with a circular eyelid, and are independent of 
each other. Their five toes are arranged in two oppo- 
site groups of pincers. Their movements are slow and 
deliberate, and their power of adapting their color to that 
of their surroundings is remarkable. The eggs are round, 
white, and deposited in the ground. In the Flying-Liz- 
ards (Agamide) of the East Indies (Fig. 255) the tail is 
long and snake-like, while between the limbs extends a 
membrane supported by the 
much-prolonged fifth or sixth 
hind-ribs. The female depos- 
its three or four eggs at a time. 
The frilled lizard of Queens- 
land has hind-legs adapted for 
leaping. The Moloch horridus 
of Australia is a sluggish form, 
completely covered with large 
and small spine-bearing tuber- 
cles. The Iguana* is found 
in the tropical portions of North 
and South America. It attains 
a length of five feet, and is ex- 
tremely powerful, inflicting teT= ric, was. Red-throated flying 
rible blows with its tail. They dragon (Draco), showing 
live among the trees, subsisting membrane supported by ribs. 
upon the fruit, and are sought 
after as an article of food. The Anolis (Fig. 256) of the 
Southern States belongs to this family, and is noted for 
its changes of color. The horned lizard (Fig. 257) of 
Mexico and the Western States is covered with spines, 
* John G. Bell, the naturalist and companion of Audubon in many 
of his expeditions, saw an iguana rush across the surface of a river in 
Central America, keeping «fox the surface by the lightning-like rapidity 
of its movements. A very few minutes sufficed to cross. 
