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SHARP-TAILED LIZARD- 



Lacerta Lophura. L. corpore squamis inmqualibus vesiitOf dorso 



serrato, cauda longa compresso-carinata. 

 Lizard with the body covered by dissimilar scales ; the back 



serrated ; the tail long, and compresso-carinated. 



A VERY large species : at first view much re- 

 sembling the Teguivin in size, colour, &c. but is 

 coated with scales of dissimilar size on different 

 parts ; large, rounded, and oval ones being scat- 

 tered here and there among the smaller : tail long, 

 carinated above, compressed, and sharp-pointed : 

 both back and tail serrated throughout their whole 

 length. In the British Museum, and in that of 

 Dr. William Hunter. 



DRAC^NA LIZARD. 



Lacerta Dracaena. L» cauda supra dentkulata longa, corpore 

 l(Evi. digitis subvequalihus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. SGO. 



Large long-tailed Lizard, with smooth body and tail denticu- 

 lated along the upper part. 



Lacerta Americana maxima Cordylus & Caudiverhera dicta. 

 Seb. i.p. 158. t. 101. 



The Dracaena may be considered as one of the 

 largest of the Lizard tribe ; much exceeding the 

 Guana in the general size of the body, as well as 

 in the proportion of its limbs and tail. It is a na- 

 tive of several parts of South America, as well as 

 of some of the Indian islands, and is said to be 



