. Elements of zoology, to accompany the field and laboratory study of animals. Zoology. 358 ZOOLOGY body and long spines on the head, and hves in dry, sandy places, is a familiar oljjeet.' In the South Central and South- ern States lives the elongated " swift," of varying color, often with black, irregular cross bands above, with iridescent colors on the throat of the male, and with large, strongly keeled scales. Fig. 33G. — Lacerta viridis, the green lizard of Europe. After Brehn:i. and a slender tail. The largest of the Iguanidie is the " leguan " of the West Indies and S
. Elements of zoology, to accompany the field and laboratory study of animals. Zoology. 358 ZOOLOGY body and long spines on the head, and hves in dry, sandy places, is a familiar oljjeet.' In the South Central and South- ern States lives the elongated " swift," of varying color, often with black, irregular cross bands above, with iridescent colors on the throat of the male, and with large, strongly keeled scales. Fig. 33G. — Lacerta viridis, the green lizard of Europe. After Brehn:i. and a slender tail. The largest of the Iguanidie is the " leguan " of the West Indies and South America, which gains a length of metres, or over five feet. The family of water-lizards, or Varan'idi"e,- contains the largest known lizards. The Nile varanus attains a length of nearly two metres. It lives in the rivers of Africa, feeds on small crustaceans, birds, birds' eggs, frogs, fish, and occasion- ^ Fig. ^ Latinized from the Arabic word iraran, 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 Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944; Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty, 1866- joint author. New York, Macmillan
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