
TERRARIA AND AQUA-TERRARIA 
Found in warmer streams and lakes on the western border of the Middle 
States, the Ohio Valley, and South. A repulsive-looking but harmless large 
salamander, which during life retains many of the larval characteristics. 
SguamaTa. Lizards and Snakes belong to the order Squamata, 
cold-blooded animals with the body covered with imbricated scales, the 
vent across slit. There are many other individual anatomical differences 
which mark them as distinct from the Urodelas and Reptilia. 
Lacertitia. The Lizards have no carapace, the body is covered 
with overlapping scales. There are four limbs, the feet generally have five 
digits, and the tail is usually long and brittle. The Eastern and Middle 
States have but few species, which will be described; but some of the 
common Southern and Western forms are to be had of dealers, and will 
also be briefly mentioned. 
Eumeces fasciatus (Linn.), or Blue-tailed Lizard, has a short, broad 
head with pointed snout, an elongated cylindrical body covered with scales. 
The cylindrical tail is very long, covered above with small scales and 
below with a central row of larger plates. The fore-legs are short 
and the hind legs longer, both covered with scales and having long 
delicate digits with very long curved nails. The colors of the head and 
body above are bluish-black with five longitudinal yellow lines on the 
back, and yellow veinings on the head. The lower surface is white, 
except the tail, which is rich ultra-marine blue above and a little paler 
below. Length 8 to 11 inches. Found throughout the eastern section 
of the United States, from the Rocky Mountains to the coast; in shady 
places and under the bark of decaying trees. Its food is principally 
insectivorous. 
Sceloporus undulatus (Daud.,) or Pine Tree Lizard, Swift, Fence 
Lizard, has a short, sub-triangular, rounded head with obtusely pointed 
snout, a short body, fuller than the foregoing, and the long tail cylindrical 
and tapering to a fine point. The legs are moderately long, and the 
digits delicate, furnished with long curved nails. The colors of the head 
and neck above are dark dusky-brown with black, the back mottled 
brownish-grey, with*s or 6 transverse black bands having white borders, 
and similar markings are on the limbs and tail. The throat and lower 
surface of the limbs and tail are silvery-grey, marked with small and 
large black bands. On each side of the abdomen is a bright green stripe 
surrounded with black, but in the females and the young the green 1s 
usually absent. Length 7 inches. Very common in forests, and along 
fences in the Eastern and Middle States. 
Eumeces anthracinus (Baird), or Black-lined Lizard, is a rarer eastern 
species found from Pennsylvania to Texas. The colors are bronze with 
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