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The color of this Lizard is ;wy beautiful, r.-n.l-rinu' it 'ii. i.f the most Invt-ly "f it-* 

 tribe. The iMoun.l color of tin- hody i- 1'iiirht, glittering green, iw if covered with tin iirnmr 

 of i-meralds. n i MIII which are net. almm th.- >i<l-n, some i:itln-r large, > like spot* of rirh 



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azure. A kind of network of black is alao spread over the body, sometime* running in 

 well-defined lines, and sniiiftiim-s composed of rows of black dote. Tin- t-inj.l.-s f th.- i 

 Uzard are covered with unequal, many-sided scales, rather convex in tli.-ir f>nn. Its l.-njrth 

 wh.-n full grown is about fifteen or sixteen inches, hut it is v,-ry variable in size as well as in 

 color. 



A VKRY beautiful species of this genus is common in many parts of Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa. This is the GRKEN LIZABD. As it* naim- imports this reptile isofagreen color, 

 and with the exception of the preceding sjH-.-i.-.. i- a> heautiful a creiiture as can be seen. 



Like the eyed Lizard, it haunts sunny >]its. anil may l>e found in orchards, gardens, 

 shruhlwriea, copses, and similar localities, win-re it can find plenty of food and obtain 

 concealment when alarmed. Old ruins, too, are grimly haunted by this beautiful Lizard, 

 which tilts among the moss-covered atones with singular activity, lying at one moment as If 

 asleep in the sunbeams, or crawling slowly, as if unaMe to proceed at any smarter pare, and 

 tln-ii. wh.-u the hand is thrust towards it. disappearing with a rapidity that looks like magic. 



Sii the great demand for f.-i m-ries an.l vivaria of ililf.-i.-iit .!! ij<ti<.nH has arisen, this 



Li/^inl i- ii-.-l :isa l-aiitifiil ornam.-nt to aglass fern-caw, ami i- sufficiently hardy to be kept 

 aliv. with* very little care. Itaeemato revel in the sunshine, and there are few objects more 



