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LACERTAD.E. 



SA URIA . 



LACERTADM 



Genus, Zootoca. Wag]. 



Generic Character. — Nostrils, collar, superorbital lamina, as in the genus 

 Lacerta. Temples covered with adpressed scales. Scales of the back elongated 

 and hexagonal. Palate toothless. 



VIVIPAROUS LIZARD. 



NIMBLE LIZARD. COMMON LIZARD. 



Zootoca vivipara. 



Lacertus terrestris vulgaris ventre nigro muculato, Merrett, Pinax, p. 1 69. 



Ray, Syn. Quad. p. 264. 



