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be observed, however, that in this species there are 

 to be found, in addition to the ordinary teeth at the 

 margin of the upper and the lower jaws, also a few 

 very small ones seated on the back part of the 

 palate, and which are wanting in the common lizard. 

 Professor Bell states on the faith of a gentleman 

 of his acquaintance, that the brown varieties are 

 confined to sandy heaths, the colours of which are 

 closely imitated by the surface of the body, and 

 that the green variety frequents the more verdant 

 localities. This, he adds, he had not been in a 

 position either to refute or confirm, and could only 

 vouch for the existence of two such varieties, at a 

 comparatively short distance from each other. 



