. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 5i6 LACERTAE in about thirty genera, are known, exhibit a great diversity of mostly flat-bodied, terrestrial and more laterally compressed, arboreal forms. The majority are insectivorous, a few Agamas have a mixed diet, while Uromastix and some others are chiefly, if not entirely, frugivorous and herbivorous. They are an ex- clusively Old-World family, avoiding the cooler parts of the Palaearctic sul)-region, and also, a very curious fact, Madagascar. The majority live in Australia and in the Indian and Malay countries, comparatively few in Africa, chi
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 5i6 LACERTAE in about thirty genera, are known, exhibit a great diversity of mostly flat-bodied, terrestrial and more laterally compressed, arboreal forms. The majority are insectivorous, a few Agamas have a mixed diet, while Uromastix and some others are chiefly, if not entirely, frugivorous and herbivorous. They are an ex- clusively Old-World family, avoiding the cooler parts of the Palaearctic sul)-region, and also, a very curious fact, Madagascar. The majority live in Australia and in the Indian and Malay countries, comparatively few in Africa, chiefly the genus Agama. Draco (" Flying Dragon ").—The iDody is mucli depressed and. Fig. 123.—Draco vo/ans. x ^. the sides extend as a pair of large wing-like membranes, which are supported by five or six of the nmch-elongated posterior ribs, and ca,n be folded up like a fan. On the throat are three pointed appendages, a short one on either side and a long one in the middle. The tail is very long and slender, but not brittle. About twenty species of this extraordinary genus inhabit the various Indo-Malayan countries ; one, D. dNssiimieri, occurs in Madras. D. volans of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo is about 10 inches long, o of wliich are taken up by the tail. 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 Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862-; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. London : Macmillan and Co. ; New York : The Macmillan Company
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