. An introduction to zoology : for the use of high schools . SCHOOL ZOOLOGY. 107 like the large water-lizards of the Nile, do not exhibit any specialadaptation for locoiuotion in water. Most of the forms areterrestiial in their habits while some are arboreal, and otherslead a subterranean life. In accordance with such differencesin the surroundings, we find great differences of external members of the order ai-e especially abundant towards thetropics, only two families being represented further north bythe Blue-tailed Skink (Eumeces quinquelineatus) and the BrownSwift or Pine-treo liz
. An introduction to zoology : for the use of high schools . SCHOOL ZOOLOGY. 107 like the large water-lizards of the Nile, do not exhibit any specialadaptation for locoiuotion in water. Most of the forms areterrestiial in their habits while some are arboreal, and otherslead a subterranean life. In accordance with such differencesin the surroundings, we find great differences of external members of the order ai-e especially abundant towards thetropics, only two families being represented further north bythe Blue-tailed Skink (Eumeces quinquelineatus) and the BrownSwift or Pine-treo lizard (Sceloporus unduhihis). Both ofthese lizards are of small size and veiy active creatures, thelast mentioned belonging to a large family the Iguanidae, whichembraces most of the New-World lizards. The forms whichlead an active arboreal life are generally compressed in shape,while those which creep about in sandy places depending ontheir colour for protection, like the Horned Toad of the SouthernStates (Phrynosoma cornutum, Fig. 77), are depressed. Among. Kg. 77—Horned Toad. Phrynosoma cornutum.(After Brehm). the largest members of the family are the great Iguanas of theBrazilian forests, which are alike remarkable for their size andfor the singular crests and combs with which the skin is old workl family the Agamidae contains forms which 108 HIGH SCHOOL ZIOOLOGY. resemble in liabit and appearance some of the there is an Australian species (Moloch) in which the skin,as in the Horned Toad bristles all over with spines, whileagain there aiO many active arboreal forms. Among themost interesting of these is the Flying Lizard (Draco volitans)(Fig. 78), a curious little Inditui form in which the foremost
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