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LACERTADiE. 



SQUAMATA. 

 (SAUBIA.J 



LACERTADJE. 



Genus, Lacerta. Linn. 



Generic Character. — Throat with a distinct collar. Nostrils situated towards 

 the outer and inferior margin of the nasal scuta. An osseous superorbital 

 lamina. Temples covered with scuta. Scales of the back, orbiculo-polygonal, 

 slightly carinated. Palate toothed. 



SAND LIZARD. 



Lacerta agllis. Linn. 



? Lacertus terrestris anguiformis, Merrett, Pinax, p. 161. Ray, Syn. Quad. 



p. 264. 

 Lacerta agilis, Linn. Fn. Suec. 284. — Ib. cura Retz. 289. — Syst. Nat. I. 



p. 363, n. 15. Mull. Zool. Dan. Prod. p. 36, n. 299. 



Merr. Syst. Amph. p. 66, sp. 13. C. L. Bonap. Faun. 



Ital. cum Icon. 



