,4S FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



ORDER, LACERTILIA. 



FAMILY, AMPHISB^.NID.^. 



1. Ainphisb(cna cincrca. (Vaud.) Dum. and Bibr., vol. v., p. 500. 



Not uncommon under stones on the Plain of Gennesaret and on the 

 maritime plains. The same species occurs in Spain and Barbary, as well 

 as in Asia Minor, Rhodes, and Cyprus. 



FAMILY, M0NIT0RID.4'. 



2. Psannnosaitrus sciiiais. (Merrem. Isis, vi., p. 688.) The Warran. 



This well-known huge Lizard we found near Engedi. The Arabs give 

 the name of JJ'arran both to this and the following species. 



It is found all through North Africa, the Sahara, and Egypt. 



3. Monitor niloticus. Geoffr. Rept. Egypte, i., t2i, t. 3, f. i. 



The Nilotic Monitor inhabits the region to the south of the Dead Sea, 

 and the Southern Judasan desert. 



It is an inhabitant of Africa generally. 



FAMILY, LACERTID.-E. 



4. Lacerta viridis. L. S. N. Petiv. Gaz., t. 95, f. i. Green 

 Lizard. 



The Green Lizard is most abundant in every part of the country. 

 It is an inhabitant of all Central and Southern Europe, North Africa, 

 Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, and North Persia. 



5. Laccria strigata. Eichw. Zool. Spec, iii., p. 1S9. 



This species is very close to the Green Lizard, but always smaller. It 

 is not so common as the former species. 



It is recorded from Greece, Asia Minor, Persia, and Syria. 



