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Grammatophora.

G. cristata. West Australia.

G. muricata. Australia generally (not Tasmania.)

G. reticulata. West Australia.

G. barbata. Australia generally.

G. angulifera. South and West Australia.

G. maculata. Australia. Bay of Sea Dogs.

G. ornata. New South Wales. South and West Australia.

G. Decresii. West Australia.

G. lævis. West Australia, Champion Bay.

G. temporalis. North Australia.

G. calotella. North Australia.

The members of the genus Grammatophora are not of large size.

The Bearded-lizard (G. barbata) is perhaps the largest and best known of this tribe; some species are arboreal, and a few prefer open plains or scrub-country. G. ornata inhabits the flats on both sides of the Murray, and is remarkable for its bright colors of blue and yellow about back and neck. The lively long-tailed grey or sometimes black Lizard, which is frequently seen basking on fences or old stumps, is G. muricata. This species changes colour as well as the rest of the Agamas, and can scarcely be distinguished from the object on which it may be resting.