TUBERCULATED IGUANA.
This species is esteemed for food by American Indians.
The monitors, as a rule, are not distinguished for brilliancy of colouring, shades and mottlings of brown or black being usually dominant. The male of the Australian lace-lizard, after newly changing its coat, is, however, an exception. In addition to the highly ornate lace-like reticulated pattern of its skin-markings, previously referred to, the throat of the animal is resplendent with mingled tints of sky-blue and lemon-yellow. It is necessary, however, to observe that its natural surroundings and the ardent rays of a sub-tropical sun are requisite to bring these brighter tints to their full development. Examples kept in close confinement in the London Zoological Gardens yield little or no indication of their colour potentialities.
Photo by E. C. Atkinson.
SMALL VIVIPAROUS LIZARD.
Occurs on heaths and commons in the South of England.
Photo by H. G. P. Spurell, Esq.] [Eastbourne.
WALL-LIZARD.