Part I. 
4 6 Of Oyadruped’s. 
are alfo more diftinct, than on the Tail. Urey breed in 
Thracia , Syria, and Sicily. The Powder hereof being 
taken, is believed by fome flurinmm Jliviulare Venerem. 
The S W APT AIL LIZARD. Vromaftix,vel Cau- 
diverbera. Called alfo CORDILUS. In Calceolarias s 
Mufeum there is a curious Picture hereof, under the Name 
of CROCODILUS TERRESTRIS. As alfo m 
Befler. Gefner , from Thomas Eraftus , hath very copioufly 
defcrib’d him, efpecially his Tail. 
The BUGELUGEY. Oi kin to the former. Al- 
drovandus and Johnfion give only his Figure, with the 
Name of Lacertus Indicus. He is diftinguilhed from other 
Lizards , chiefly, by the Scales on his Belly, which, like 
thofe of a Crocodile , are very great; fc. five or fix times 
bigger than thofe on his back. It was brought from Africa. 
This Lizard faith Wormius , movetlr his upper Jaw, as the 
Crocodile.- Which, in what fenfeitis falfeand abfurd, I have 
above fhew’d. 
The S C A L Y-L IZARD. He is well pictur’d in Befler. 
As alfo in the Mufaum of Olearius. Aldrovandus gives only 
a rude half draught, and without any Defcription, as well 
as the former. Clufius only faith. He remembers that he 
f N> had feen one of them. Boat ins (a) hath his Picture , ' 
but a very bad one. Elfe-where I find it not. He hath alfo 
defcribed him , but very defectively, and with feveral 
miitakes. 
He is a yard and I long. His Head from his Nofe-end 
to his fore-Feet not above three inches. He hath no Neck. 
His Trunk, from the fore-Legs to the hinder, not above 
ten inches and k His Tail exceeding long, fc. a yard and 
half a quarter. His Head above two inches over. His Nofe 
near an Inch. His Trunk almoft four. His Tail mode¬ 
rately taper’d, and ending obtufely. The under part of 
the Tail is plain or flat; the upper part, hyperbolick. His 
fore-Legs, contrary to what they are in other Lizards , are 
longer than the hinder 5 thefe, not above three inches and 
I; thofe, above four. The Claws alfo of the fore-Feet are 
longer 5 the longeft about an inch 5 thofe of the hinder, 
but I an inch. He hath only four Toes and a Heel, both 
before and behind. 
He is all over, except his Throat, Belly, the lower part 
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