. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. Fhsio by IV. SavilU-K/rt:, BANDED IGUANAS A rare species from the Fiji hlandi. I\laU Co the right -^ female lathout bands ^ left. [he example erauchirnr hettveen them is a hear Jed lizard and cannot be safe!}' kept in company with otlier powerful species. The attribute of bipedal locomotion is possessed by teguexin. That this singular method of progression was accomplishment possessed by one of the larger trof American lizards was first reported to the writer Trinidad. Some spec
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. Fhsio by IV. SavilU-K/rt:, BANDED IGUANAS A rare species from the Fiji hlandi. I\laU Co the right -^ female lathout bands ^ left. [he example erauchirnr hettveen them is a hear Jed lizard and cannot be safe!}' kept in company with otlier powerful species. The attribute of bipedal locomotion is possessed by teguexin. That this singular method of progression was accomplishment possessed by one of the larger trof American lizards was first reported to the writer Trinidad. Some species of iguana was, in the first instar anticipated to be the acrobatic performer. Several amples of this family group were accordingly put throL their paces at the Zoo, to ascertain if they could lay cl to the distinction. None of the iguanas available,howf rose (on their hind legs) to the occasion, and it was on experimenting, as a dcrnicre rcssomxc, with the teguexin that a successful demonstration was accomplished. This lizard was found, in fact, to run bipedally more freely and persistently, when sufficient space was allotted it, than the Agamas. It seems singular that this bipedal power of locomotion should have so long remained undiscovered, and yet is possessed by lizards which have for a number of years been the denizens of many zoological gardens and other menageries. The fact that a comparatively large level area is a sine qua noii for the exhibition of this phenomenon affords no doubt the explanation of this anomaly ; but the anomaly itself at the same time serves to accentuate the desirability, in the interests of both science and the animals' comfort, that exists for providing them in cap- tivit\'\\ithamore liberal and reasonably sufficient space for their indulgence in those methods of locomotion that are natural to them in their native land. The Greaved Lizard Family includes some- what over one hundred species. While the majority agree with the teguexin in the p
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