AG AMO ID GROUP. 
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limbs are represented externally by a scaly flap, which is most developed in the 
genus to which the figured example belongs; the component bones may be felt 
more or less distinctly, and the skeleton of the common species shows five toe-bones. 
The common scale-foot (Pygopus lepidopus), which attains a length of about 
20 inches, and has a tail twice as long as the head and body, is the typical repre¬ 
sentative of the few members of this family. The head is long, pointed at the 
snout, and scarcely separated from the body, being covered above with large 
symmetrical shields, and on the sides with small scales. The ear has an oblique 
oval aperture, and the rudimental immovable eyelids are circular and covered with 
minute scales. The cylindrical body is slender and of nearly equal thickness 
throughout, the scales on its upper surface, as in that of the long tail, being keeled. 
Larger in males than in females, the limbs have rounded extremities, and are 
enveloped in overlapping scales. In general colour, this lizard is coppery grey 
above, sometimes marked with three or five longitudinal rows of blackish dots or 
elongate spots; the under-parts being marbled grey, with the exception of the 
throat, which is white. Found both in Australia and Tasmania, and by no means 
uncommon in the warmer northern parts of Victoria, this lizard, like its kin, is 
stated to have habits very similar to those of the blind-worm, although accurate 
observations on its mode of life are wanting. 
The Agamoid Lizards. 
Family Ag AMID IE. 
The southern and eastern portions of the Old World are the home of a very 
extensive family of lizards, comprising thirty genera and over two hundred 
COMMON SCALE-FOOTED LIZARD (§ nat. size). 
