Medical and physical researches, or, Original memoirs in medicine, surgery, physiology, geology, zoology, and comparative anatomy

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Cyclura teres (=Ctenosaura acanthura) Identifier: 62720150R.nlm.nih.gov
Title: Medical and physical researches, or, Original memoirs in medicine, surgery, physiology, geology, zoology, and comparative anatomy
Year: 1835 (1830s)
Authors: Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843
Subjects: Medicine Natural History Paleontology
Publisher: Philadelphia : Printed by Lydia R. Bailey
Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine

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AGAMA CORNUTA. ^05 Description of the Agama cornuta, or Horned Lizard.Agama comuta. Corporc depresso ovato, scabro ; supra, fusco-variegato;subtus albido ; capite supra quadrangulare ; cauda corporesesquibreviore. Total length four inches; length of the tail one inchfive-tenths ; length of the head six-tenths ; breadth be-tween the eyes five-tenths ; length of the body from thenucha to the posterior part of the thighs, two inches ;greatest breadth one inch. The form of the body isnearly elliptical, flattened vertically, and umbilicate atthe sides, covered over above with minute scales of variouslengths and irregular forms ; their inferior borders point-ing outwards, giving a prickly, scabrous appearance, asif shagreened ; a groove commences at the nucha and runsthe whole length of the spine, becoming obsolete on thebase of the tail: the sides of this groove are formed byslightly elevated scales, the bottom of very minute scalescompactly imbricate ; sides of the body furnished witha wh

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