. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . U^. Saijilli-Kim, F Z S. AUSTRALIAN STUMP-TAILED LIZARDS Tivo of the author^i household pet$ \^Mil/srd-6n-Sta l82 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. PhoU h> I!. , ] BLUE-TONGUED LIZARDS A female ivtth her family of tiuelve I Milf-rd-m-!,,^ salnion-pink. The tongue ofthis lizard, which gives to itits popular title, is somewhatremarkable. It is large andflat, and of a bright blue tint,resembling nothing so muchas a piece of blue animal, as it moves about,is in the habit of constantly])rot
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . U^. Saijilli-Kim, F Z S. AUSTRALIAN STUMP-TAILED LIZARDS Tivo of the author^i household pet$ \^Mil/srd-6n-Sta l82 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. PhoU h> I!. , ] BLUE-TONGUED LIZARDS A female ivtth her family of tiuelve I Milf-rd-m-!,,^ salnion-pink. The tongue ofthis lizard, which gives to itits popular title, is somewhatremarkable. It is large andflat, and of a bright blue tint,resembling nothing so muchas a piece of blue animal, as it moves about,is in the habit of constantly])rotruding and retracting itsiiingue, which consequentlyconstitutes a ver)- conspicuousobject. In common with themajorit} of its allies, the blue-inngued lizard is viviparous;hut while the stump-tail onlyproduces one at a time, whichis nearly half as large as theparent, the present form givesbirth to as many as ten ortwelve. An example in the writers possession on one occasion presented him with a litterembracing the larger number, and afforded the material for the photograph here reproduced. As a contrast to the two preceding forms, the SllNE-T.\Il,EU Liz.\RDS, with their short, flat,spiky tails, may be cited as a conc
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