REPTILES. 



1.— COMMON LIZARD. Lacerta vimpara Ja.cci. 

 Common, and generally distributed in all suitable country. 



2.— SAND LIZARD. LaceHa agilis L. 



Occurs in sandhills along north coast of Flintshire : formerly found near 

 Llandudno. 



This lizard appears to be extinct now in the Llandudno district, 

 but in 1914 Mr. R. Standen, of Manchester University, found 

 it abundant amongst the sand hills between Prestatyn and 

 Point of Air. The statement that it occurs on the opposite 

 side of the Dee estuary is confirmed by jVIr. T. A. Coward in 

 his recent Vert. Fauna of Cheshire. This species can now, 

 therefore, be definitely included in our Welsh Fauna, and the 

 square brackets removed. 



3.— BLIND-WORM, or SLOW- WORM. Anguia fragilis. L. 



Common, and generally distributed. 



Professor Philip White informs me that he has found the Blind- 

 worm common on Bardsey Island. 



4.— RING SNAKE. Trapidonotus natrix (L.). 



Common in all counties except Anglesey, where it occurs but rarely and 

 only in the south. 



5.— ADDER, OR VIPER. Vipera berusL. 



Locally common in all counties. 



Mr. G. J. Williams has heard his father speak of a youth dying 

 from the bite of an Adder on Cwmbowydd Bog, Ffestiniog. 

 The dark form known as the Black Adder has been met with 

 at Aberdeunant in Lleyn, by Mr. Ellis Da vies. 



