THE CHAMELEON. 
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or great lizard of the West Indies deposits hers in the hol- 
lows of trees. Certain kinds are viviparous. 
Forming a connecting link between the lizards and the 
serpents is the glass-snake {Opheosaurus), whose body is very 
long, snake-like, and limbless, as is also the singular Am- 
jphisbceiia of Brazil (Fig. ^34) whose tail is nearly as broad 
Fig. 234. — Head and tail of Amphisha'. aa. Fi om LiiLkeii's Zoology. 
as the head, and since the 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 the body of the chameleon is perfectly im- 
movable. ChameleoTis can change their color at will; as 
can the Anolis (Fig. 236) of Florida, which is a long smooth- 
