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AMPHIBIA. REPTILES. 4. Lacerfa. 
i^upercih. Tail carinate; back and eyebrows ciliate with 
xoja. Fringed 
Inhabits South America and India. , 
Head covered with erca fcales ; eyebrows higher than th« j. 
crejl reaching from the nape to the end of the tail) too' 
Scutata. 
)tt'' 
Tail fubcomprefled, moderately long; dorfal future 
ed ; hind-head with 2 fharp-edped fcales. . .fp 
Shielded 
Inhabits Afia. 
Amhoinen. Tail comprefled, long, with a radiate fin ; dorfal 1 
P- _ toothed. _ Jmboina 
2. Tip of the fail fquarc, (female) round ; gulaf ” 
comprefibd. ' ■ _ 
Inhabits Amboina, near the banks of rivers; 33 inch^- 
flefh very g<X)d. ’ , , 
Body fpotted with white ; head and collar greenifii ftri^^ 
white; and tol brown ; belly gr&y. 1 
z) Inhabits India; 3 feet 8 inches long;'ytM£; tetragof^.'^jli! 
^ tubercuhted, with a convex round fcalp ip tl*® 
jaws equal, with a fingle leries of marginal ' uneq^*^' ^-or 
teeth, 32 in each ; tongue thick, compreil'ed ; 
preffed, dentate, as long as the bead, with a lax Ik'" ^.^nil'’ 
\vith round fcales ; gular pouch comprelfed ; trunn 
fpotted with black, beneath whitifli covered with 
rable rows of quadrangular fcales -rAiail nearly 3 tittt®* 
as the body, angles covered udth truncate carinat® .pr 
doubly keeled on the back wita 14 rays in the fi”) ^ 
beneath ; feet 5-tocd, cleft ; claws acute, coinprelf®“' 
-igama. 
Umbra. 
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Tail round, long ; upper part of the neck apd head pf‘ 
hind-head with reverfed fcales. 
Tail imbricate, wpiJi large fcale.s. . 
Inhabits America'; body p.ale, not ftriate beneath, 
kiyj 
Tail round, long ; nape fuberefted 
back ftriate. 
Inhabits fouthern parts of America. 
Body clouded; fcales kee)ed and 'daggered at the - . ^ 
more obtufe and round than others of its tribe ; call’^ 
bitid-liead large, naked ; under the throat a deep 
llottV 
hind-head 
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