A description of the nature of four-footed beasts with their figures en[graven in brass] / written in Latin by Dr. John Johnston ; translated into English by J.P.

POINT III. Of other Indian Lizards.

THe Carapopeba is with the Brasilians a venomous Lyzard,* 1.1 three, four, five fingers long, shaped, as the other, with five toes on the fore, and four on the hinder-feet. It is all liver-coloured, with white spots, and on the tail white streaks mixt with yellow, eyes glistring, and like glasse. The Ameiva with the Brasilians, and the Tupi∣nambi is everyway like the Taraguira; only this is forked tailed, ending in two strait horns. The Taraguico Aycuraba in Brasil is like the Taraguira, only the scales on the tail are small, and triangular at top, but the tip plaine, with four dusk spots, the back chamleted. The Brasil Tejunhana is as thick as your litle finger; coped-headed, black-eyed, with golden rin∣glets, fourfooted, three fingers long, the tail six fingers and an half long, round, and at the end sharp as a birds; the head scaly, sides, thighs above skined soft as silke, the tail hath foure∣square small scales, the head greater and dus∣kish; the back and sides above shadowed with three streaks, and checkered, below green, above one green streak from the head to the thighs; there is another green streak at the parting of the dusk, and green; between the two streaks is a rank of green pricks in dusk, and under the lower green streak a rew of black spots in green; the thighs above wax-co∣loured with small dusky spots, below white▪ the tail above wax-coloured, and also below, but mixt with white; the head beneath the throat and belly, bright, and blood-spotted; it hath a cloven tongue.

Notes

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  Marckg. H. Bras. l. 6. c. 12.