. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . al power of locomotion should have so long remained undiscovered, and \et is possessed by lizards w^iich have for a number of years been the denizens of manyzoological gardens and other he fact that a comparatively large level areai-; a sine tjiia 11011 for the exhibition of thisphenomenon affords no doubt the explanationtf this anomaly; but the anomaly itself at thesame time serves to accentuate the desirability,in the interests of both science and the animalscomfort, that exists for providing them in ca


. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . al power of locomotion should have so long remained undiscovered, and \et is possessed by lizards w^iich have for a number of years been the denizens of manyzoological gardens and other he fact that a comparatively large level areai-; a sine tjiia 11011 for the exhibition of thisphenomenon affords no doubt the explanationtf this anomaly; but the anomaly itself at thesame time serves to accentuate the desirability,in the interests of both science and the animalscomfort, that exists for providing them in cap-tivit_\-with a more liberal and reasonably sufficientspace for their indulgence in those methods oflocomotion that are natural to them in theirnati\e land. pfei. 6, ,n,.K„,t,¥. Thc Grcavcd Lizard Family includes some- SOUTH AFRICAN GIRDLED LIZARD ^^h^t o^er one hundred species. While the Remarkable for the .ftny armature, ■ h arranged i,, eo„,c majority ^grCC with the tegUCxin in the pOS- girdUi session of well-developed limbs, there are a few. 178 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD


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