. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. max ITU US. 277 but when attacked by dogs will tight and make their tails felt. Running swiftly close to the ground, they sit with the head rather erect. They keep their tongue in very constant movement, but it is- very doubtful if they ever emit a warning sound, as some suppose they do, on the approach of wild beasts. The nests of the White Ant, which have been built close to the fallen trees on the outskirts of the forests, are cleared out by the Teguexin, and her eggs, some fifty or sixty in number, are laid tiierein. Azara says that th
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. max ITU US. 277 but when attacked by dogs will tight and make their tails felt. Running swiftly close to the ground, they sit with the head rather erect. They keep their tongue in very constant movement, but it is- very doubtful if they ever emit a warning sound, as some suppose they do, on the approach of wild beasts. The nests of the White Ant, which have been built close to the fallen trees on the outskirts of the forests, are cleared out by the Teguexin, and her eggs, some fifty or sixty in number, are laid tiierein. Azara says that they feed on fruit, insects, snakes, frogs, young birds, and eggs_, and that they are fond of honey; and in captivity they devour )neat and mice, and are not amenable to kind- ness. The genus Tejus may be distinguished by the large hexagonal scales which are between the neck folds, and by the long and narrow ventral The members of the genus Ameiva have large ventral scales and tricuspid and compressed teeth Ameiva vulgaris, or the Common Ameiva, is from the West Indies. The largest known Lizards belong to the family of AVater Lizards, , or Platynota. They are long-headed things, with a vast number of small scales, united more or less at the sides and not over- lapping, and are equal on the sides and back, and arranged in cross rings, whilst those ot the belly and tail are square and in cross bands. The tail is long and generally compressed, and there are five digits to the well-developed limbs armed with claws. The smallness of the shielding of the liead is remarkable, but the scales everywhere are usually surrounded by a ring of very small tubercles within their margin. The tongue is long, slender, and ends in a long fork, which retreats into a sheath at the base. The teeth are acute and compressed, triangular or conical, and none are on the palate. They difler from the other Lacertilia, except the American genus Heloderma, which is included in the group, in
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