Class III. ANGUINE LIZARD. 25 



narrow black line reaching to the end of the tail : 

 the belly of a pale yellow, marked with fmall duf- 

 ky fpbts •, the toes formed like thofe of the prece- 



ding. 



Lacertus parvus terreftiis fufcus oppido rams. Raii Jyn. 10. Little. 

 quad. 264. 



THIS fpecies is mentioned by Mr. Ray in his 

 lift of the Englijh lizards, without any other 

 defcription than is comprehended in the fynonym. 



Lacertus terreilris anguiformis in ericetis. Raii Jyn. quad. 264. 11. An- 

 guine, 



WE remain alfo in the iameobfcurity in refpect* 

 to this fpecies. It feems to be of that kind 

 which connecls the ferpent and lizard genus, hav- 

 ing a long and very (lender body, and very fmall 

 legs. Such are the Seps 9 or Lacerta Chalcidica of 

 Raii Jyn. quad. 272, the Lacerta anguina of Linnaeus, 

 371, or that figured by Seba 9 torn. ii. tab. 6$. un- 

 der the name of Vermis ferpentifofmis. 



Long 



