104 THE VIVARIUM. 
It may be bought in London from 4d. to 6d. In confinement 
it does very well, feeding readily upon garden worms. It should 
be treated in the same way as suggested for the Common and 
other Lizards. I have neither found this Reptile quarrelsome nor 
a cannibal. 
The Taurian Lizard (Lacerta taurica) is more stoutly built 
than L. muralis, and the long, narrow scales of the back are 
much more keeled. According to Lord Clermont ‘‘ the upper 
parts of the body are olive, parts beneath whitish, with a blue or 
green tinge; the inside of the limbs and the under part of the 
tail are reddish. In the male, on the sides of the neck and body 
are confluent black zigzag spots. In the females are two whitish 
or yellowish streaks on each side of the back, with a number of 
black specks between them ; the lower eyelid is scaly.”” The tail 
is about half as long again as the head and body. This Lizard is 
said to be very common in the Crimea. It is also found in Turkey 
in Europe, the south of Greece, and in Sicily. The full length is 
about 9in. 
The Sharp-headed Lizard (Lacerta orycephala) differs from its 
near relative L. murals chiefly by having a more depressed head 
and body, a much sharper snout and by the smaller size of the 
scales which form the collar, but like the Wall Lizard it has a 
series of granules between the supraocular and the supraciliary 
scales. The tail is about twice as long as the head and body. 
The back of the animal is greyish or tinged with red-brown, olive- 
green, or blue, covered with small black spots ; a brown network 
enclosing light spots covers the neck and back ; the under parts 
are a greenish-white. The network is hardly apparent in the 
young. This Lizard is found in Corsica and Dalmatia, among the 
rocks, never, it is said, on the plains. The entire length of the 
Reptile is about Tin. 
The Smooth Lizard (Lacerta levis) has a depressed head, longish 
snout, and the series of granules already spoken of. The ventral 
scales are very broad. The back is olive-grey, sometimes spotted 
with black. There is a band of black spots on the sides; there 
are also white spots on the sides ; the lower parts are greenish- 
white. The entire length is a little over 9in. The Smooth Lizard 
is found in Syria and the Holy Land, where it is fairly common. 
