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body ; but we can form no idea of its proper colour 
whilft the animal is alive, yet do not doubt of its 
having had a very beautiful covering. 
Almoft every fpecies of Lacerta have five fingers 
upon each extremity; all the Cameleons have them, 
but they differ in the dilpofition of the fingers ; this 
before us has the tarfal, metatarfal, and three bones 
to each finger, as it is in human hands : in this Ca- 
meleon the fingers are very long, and terminated with 
pointed nails bending downwards ; three of the fingers 
of each anterior extremity are inwards in the place 
of the thumb, and the other two are outwards ; 
whereas in the pofterior extremities, three are out- 
wards, and the other two inwards, having between 
them fuch a large fpace, or divifion, as is between the 
thumb and fingers of men. 
But this diftribution of the fingers I faw in one of 
the triangular-headed Cameleons ; other fpecies have 
the five fingers together, and very fhort like flumps ; 
but that deferibed by Pitfield from the difledtions of 
the Royal academy, has its fingers difpofed in the 
fame manner with this, and is. one of thole with a 
triangular head and creft. 
The vertical edge of the fpine is fcolloped all along 
from the neck to the extremity of the tail, and has on 
each Tide a row of knobs, or procefies, as far as the ar- 
ticulation of the thigh with the bone that runs up 
towards the fpine ; but from thence, where the tail 
begins, there is a fecond lateral row of knobs, which 
continue all along the tail. 
There does not appear any paflage into the head 
for hearing, nor any other but the mouth and nafal 
holes ; which is alfo taken notice of by the Royal 
Academy 
