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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![resembles a broad collar, not unlike the gigantic lace-ruffs of Queen Elizabeth's time. When startled, this Lizard is said to rise with the fore legs off the ground, and to jump in kangaroo-fashion. An Fig. 9. Frilled Lizard from Australia (Clilamyclosaurus kingii). extraordinary creature is the Moloch (Moloch horridus), also from Australia; the tubercles and spines, with which it is entirely covered, give it a most repulsive appearance ; but it is perfectly Fig. 10. Moluch horridus (Australia). harmless. Other Lizards of this family are the Australian Amphi- holurus and the African and Asiatic Uromastix. [Case 22.] The Cham(Bleontid(2, or Chatriceleons, are almost peculiar to Africa, and most numerous in Madagascar; one species extends into India. No other member of the Order of Lizards shows](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28104663_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
