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Lacertilia. Among the most common North American forms 
are :— 
The Striped Lizard ( Eu??ieces fasciatus ), Middle Atlan¬ 
tic and Southern States. 
The Six-lined Lizard ( Cnemidophorus sex-lineatus ), South¬ 
ern States. 
The Brown Lizard ( Sceloporus undulatus ), Southern States. 
The Horned Toad (. Phrynosoina cornuta ), South-western 
United States and Mexico. 
The Chameleon ( Anolis principalis ), Southern States. 
These are all small and harmless, many of them living 
among trees and feeding upon worms, insects, &c. 
The Iguanas also belong to this order; in some species they 
attain a length of four and five feet; pass most of their time 
in trees and live on fruit and birds’ eggs. They inhabit 
tropical America and the West Indies, where they are con¬ 
sidered as very good eating by the natives. 
The Glass Snake ( Ophiosaurus ventra/is), of the south¬ 
ern United States, and the Dalmatian Glass Snake (. Pseudo¬ 
pus pallasii ), from Europe, are lizards resembling snakes in 
appearance, being destitute of legs. 
The Society possesses a very good collection of typical 
forms of North American Turtles. These consist of the Tur¬ 
tles proper, which are generally of large size and live in the 
sea; the Terrapins, which live in streams, ponds, and 
marshes; and the Tortoises or Land Turtles. There are a 
number of forms belonging exclusively to the American 
fauna, of which the following are on exhibition:— 
The Leatherback Turtle (T/iassalochelys caouana), At¬ 
lantic coast. 
The Green Turtle ( Chelonia my das ), Atlantic coast. 
The Soft-shelled Turtle (Aspidonectes per ox), Gulf 
States. 
The Snapper Terrapin ( Chelydra serpentina ), North and 
South America. 
The Musk Terrapin ( Aromochelys odoratus ), Eastern and 
Southern States. 
