dendrosaura

pl. [Gr. dendron = a tree, and saura a lizard.] Zool .: The name given by Dr. J. E. Gray to a tribe of Saurians, sub-order Pachyglo e. The scales of the belly, the sides, and the back, are granular. The tongue is elongate, sub-cylindrical, worm-like, very exsertile. The eyes are globular, very mobile, with a small central round opening. The toes are equal, united into two opposing groups. It contains but a single family, Chameleon tide (q. v.).