Guide to the galleries of reptiles and fishes in the Department of zoology of the British museum (Natural history) : Illustrated by 101 woodcuts and 1 plan.
- British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology.
- Date:
- 1893
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Guide to the galleries of reptiles and fishes in the Department of zoology of the British museum (Natural history) : Illustrated by 101 woodcuts and 1 plan. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The Iguanid(B are American pleurodont Lizards (see Fig. 7) exhi- biting an astonishing variety of form. The largest and best known are the Iguanas [Iguana rhinolophus and tuberculata, Case 20), found Fig. 5. Iguana tuberculata (Brazil). in the forest-regions of Tropical America only, in the neighbourhood of water, into which when frightened they jump from the overhang- ing branches of trees, to escape capture by swimming and diving. Feeding exclusively on leaves or fruits, they are themselves highly esteemed as food, and their eggs also are eagerly sought for by the natives. Iguanas grow to a length of five feet. The marine Iguana [Amhlyrhynchus cristatus, Case 19) is an inhabitant of the Galapagos Islands, living on the rocks of the shore and feeding on seaweeds. No other Lizard enters sea-water. Among the smaller representatives of this large family may be mentioned the Anolis, extremely numerous in Tropical America and the West Indies— small, slender, agile, thoroughly arboreal Lizards, of rare beauty [Ca.ses 19-i!l.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28104663_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
