THE 
LOBE-CHEEKED LIZARD. 
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Generic Character. 
Body four-footed, elongated, tailed; without 
any secondary integument. 
Specific Character, &c. 
LIZARD with a semiorbicular denticulated lobe 
on each side the neck. 
LOBE-CHEEKED LIZARD. 
General Zoology, vol. 3. p. 244. 
This remarkable Lizard is thus accurately describ 
ed by Dr. Pallas:— 
The size of the full-grown animal is somewhat su¬ 
perior to that of the Lacerta Gecko : the head is 
obtuse, and rounded in front; and the corners of 
the mouth are dilated on each side into a soft, se- 
miorbicular crest, which is roughened externally 
with small points, toothed on the edges, and, in the 
living animal is turgid with blood: the parotids are 
muricated, and the throat is furnished with a double 
transverse pleat: the body is ventricose, depressed, 
and together with the tail is roughened by small 
sharply prominent points, which are largest on the 
feet: 
