SAND AND GREEN LIZARDS 
eight or more eggs are laid during July, a depression 
being made by the female into which she can deposit 
her treasures. If the district frequented is not sandy, 
then the eggs are deposited under leaves, or other suitable 
cover. Insects constitute the food. The male is green 
in colour, with a tinge of the same on the yellow under 
parts. There is a series of black dots on the sides, each 
with an eye-spot of whitish. ‘There are black spots on 
the under parts. The female is brown or grey above, 
with large spots of dark brown, each having a centre 
spot of white. ‘The cream-coloured under parts of the 
female may, or may not, be specked with black. The 
young are not black as in Lacerta vivipara, but are grey- 
brown above, with white spots having black edges. 
Their under parts are whitish. The average length of 
the adult Sand Lizard is about 74 inches. The female 
is a little larger. ‘The Smooth Snake is the mortal 
enemy of this species, and both, as has been stated, are 
found inhabiting the same territory. 
Green Lizard. — Lacerta viridis (Fig. 7). If, as is 
accepted in some quarters, the Channel Isles can rightly 
be included as a province coming within the survey of 
British wild life, two other species of Lizards have to be 
included in our reptile fauna in the persons of the Green 
Lizard (Lacerta viridis), and Wall Lizard (Lacerta murals). 
As neither of these, however, occur on the mainland, 
except as occasional escapes, it is not necessary to do 
more than briefly refer to them. ‘The Green Lizard is, 
with the exception of the Slow Worm, the largest species 
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