. Zoology. Zoology. LIZARDS. 195 very large, being nearly three feet in length, but rather sluggish lizards, witli a dorsal row of high, tliiu spines. They are said to be excellent eating. A still larger furro, resembling tlie iguanas, is the sea-lizard (AmMyrhync/ius) of the Galapagos Islands, where ifc lives on the rocks by the «hore, feeding on sea-weeds. The largest lizard of the West-. Fio. 237.—West Indian Gekko. From Lutken's Zoology. ern Territories is the i/"isZoc?erma or "Gila monster;" it is allied to the iguanas, but the body is heavily tuberculated. Its bite is pois
. Zoology. Zoology. LIZARDS. 195 very large, being nearly three feet in length, but rather sluggish lizards, witli a dorsal row of high, tliiu spines. They are said to be excellent eating. A still larger furro, resembling tlie iguanas, is the sea-lizard (AmMyrhync/ius) of the Galapagos Islands, where ifc lives on the rocks by the «hore, feeding on sea-weeds. The largest lizard of the West-. Fio. 237.—West Indian Gekko. From Lutken's Zoology. ern Territories is the i/"isZoc?erma or "Gila monster;" it is allied to the iguanas, but the body is heavily tuberculated. Its bite is poisonous. The largest of all existing lizards are the monitors, or species of Varatms, of Australia and the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905. N. Y. , Holt
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