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" The slow-worm is the most common, and usually 

 looked upon as harmful. It is frequently met with in 

 this locality. The common viviparous lizard is not so 

 common here as on the Downs. Like the slow- worm 

 and sand lizard, it does not hesitate to part with a 

 portion of its tail, which by its wriggling about takes 

 the attention of the pursuer off the escaping creature. 

 The sand lizard is not uncommon here, although not 

 so frequently seen." — Joseph Anderson, Aire Villa, 

 Chichester. 



" Both the slow-worm and the common lizard are 

 very common in this district." — Leslie Lewis, near 

 Arundel, Sussex. 



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" I have never seen any other lizard in the Wey- 

 mouth neighbourhood but the slow-worm, which is 

 very common. The viviparous lizard is very abundant 

 near Parks tone." — Nelson M. Eichardson, Montevideo, 

 near Weymouth. 



"On April 28th, 1901, I captured a fine melanic 

 variety of the viviparous lizard on Knowle Hill, near 

 Corfe Castle." — E. E. Bankes {Proc. Dorset Nat. Hist. 

 Soc, 1902). 



" The slow-worm, the sand lizard, and the viviparous 

 lizard, are all found in Dorset ; the viviparous lizard 

 being perhaps the most common species." — H. J. 

 MouLE, Dorchester. ^ 



The following extracts are from a paper on the 

 " Eeptiles of Dorset," by Eev. 0. P. Cambridge, M.A., 



