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north to California ; Tropidolepis (15 sp.), which has nearly the 
same range; Leiocepkalus (11 sp.), Antilles, Guayaquil, and 
Galapagos Islands ; Leiolcemus (14 sp.), Peru to Patagonia ; 
Sceloporus (9 sp.), from Brazil to California and British Columbia, 
and on the east to Florida ; Proctotretus (6 sp.), Chili and Pata- 
gonia; Phrynosoma (8 sp ), New Mexico, California, Oregon 
and British Columbia, Arkansas and Florida ; Iguana (5 sp.), 
Antilles and South America; Oyclusa (4 sp.), Antilles, Hon- 
duras, and Mexico. 
Among the host of smaller genera may be noted : — 
Brachylophus, found in the Fiji Islands ; Tmchycephalus and 
Oreocephalus , peculiar to the Galapagos ; Oreodeim, said to be from 
Australia ; Diplolmmus and Phymaturus , found only in Chili and 
Patagonia ; and Callisaurus, TJta , Buphryne, Uma, and Hoi- 
brookia, from New Mexico and California. All the other genera 
are from various parts of Tropical America. 
Family 51. — AGAMIDHL. (42 Genera, 156 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sue- regions. 
Nearctio 
Sub-regions. 
P ALAS ARCTIC 
Sub- regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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The extensive family Agamidse — the Eastern representative 
of the Iguanas — is highly characteristic of the Oriental region, 
which possesses about half the known genera and species. Of the 
remainder, the greater part inhabit the Australian region ; others 
range over the deserts of Central and Western Asia and Northern 
Africa, as far as Greece and South Eussia. One genus extends 
through Africa to the Cape of Good Hope, and there are three 
peculiar genera in Madagascar, but the family is very poorly 
represented in the Ethiopian region. Many of these creatures 
are adorned with beautifully varied and vivid colours, and the 
little “ dragons ” or flying-lizards are among the most interesting 
forms in the entire order. The larger genera are distributed as 
follows : — 
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