THE 
BICARINATED LIZARD, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Body four-footed, elongated, tailed ; without 
any secondary integument, 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
Lizard with four rows of strong carinated scales 
on the back, and tail of moderate length™ 
Bicarinated Lizard. 
Gen. ZooL 3. p. 212« 
This species appears to have been first figured with 
any degree of accuracy in the work of Count de Cepede 
on the Amphibia, who however mistook it for the 
Lacerta Dracaena of Linnaeus. It is a native of South 
America, and arrives at the length of eighteen inches 
or two feet. 
