Armen acad. 1. p 286. 1. 14. f. 2. 
Lives in the Indies. 
bicarina- 
ta 
7. Lizard with a compressed tail, moderately bicarinate; back carinate-keeled 19 
four times. 
Lives in the Indies. 
Small, gray. The back has two raised ridges and each side of the back is carinate- 
striated with scales. The sides have convex tuberculate scales. The abdomen is 
covered with 24 transverse rows of scales, six in each. The tail is about 1 1/2 
times as long as the body, is compressed, striated below, smooth on the sides, 
with a double angular ridge above. No crest. 
palustris 
8. Lizard with an insignificant tail, moderate size, with split, stubby feet. Four¬ 
toed front feet. Fn. svec. 256. 
Gron. mus. 2. p. 77. n. 51. Warty, unsealed salamander. 
Raj. quad. 273. Aquatic salamander. 
Seb. mus.A. t. 89. f. 4, 5. American lizard. 
Lives in the fresh, stagnant waters of Europe. Perhaps a distinct species from 
L. agilis or the larva of another 20 . 
page 202 
** Those with a verticillate tail 
Cordylus 
9. Lizard with a short, verticillated tail, dentate scales, smooth body. 
Amoen. acad. 1. p. 132. 292. 
Gron. mus. 2. p. 79. n. 55. Cordylus. 
Seb. mus. 1. t. 84. f. 3. 4. & 2. t. 62. f. 5. 
Lives in Africa and Asia. 
Body verticillated with truncate scales. 
Stellio 
10. Lizard with an average sized verticillate tail. Dentate scales, head and body 
spiny. 
Hasselt. iter. 301. Spotted lizard. 
Tournes. itin. 1. p. 119. 1. 120. The lizard called Coslordilos. 
Seb. mus. 2. t. 8. f. 7. 
Lives in the Orient: Delos 21 , Egypt, Africa. 
mauritanica 
11. Subverticillate tail, short, terete, with a spiny apex. Body spiny above, feet 
scaly below. It lives in Mauritania. E. Brander. 
The body resembles L. gecko in bearing and shape, but is sickly yellow and, at 
the sides of the head, above the neck, back, and legs, is warty and spiked. The 
tail is shorter than the body, spiny in six places from its base to the middle. From 
there to the tip it is smooth. The toes of the feet, as in the gecko, lamellosely 
squamate below, with very small claws. Beneath, the entire body is smooth with 
very small scales. 
azurea 
12. Lizard with a short, verticillate tail, pointed scales. 
Mus. Ad. Fr. 1. p. 42. The same lizard. 
Seb. mus. 2. t. 62. f. 6. 
Lives in Africa. 
