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I nlike the scaly Uzard, thin species lays its eggs in a corn-cm. -m -\--\ mid then leaves 



them I" ! lialch.-d t>y tli.- warm -iniU-ai, . -:iidy luniks willi ;i s,.ulh.-rn :is|M>ct are tk<* 

 favored resorts of this reptile, which scoops out certain shallow pit* in the mind, de|oHit her 



.i.'ir". covers tli. Mil up. :ilil til-Mi l.-ax.-s (hem (.. lli.-ir f:it.- Ml llt-ll. win. ha- p:ii<l cn-al 

 :it(.-niimi i<> ihis -iil'j.-.-!. has remarked that tli.- -^p* are pn.l'al-lv laid for a considerable 

 peri.*! U-fnii- ill.- young are hatch"! from them. 



\- has U-en already remarked. tin* coloring of this creature is exceedim:! v variable in 

 dirT.-rciit iii lividiiaK (Jeii.-rallv it is sandv l>rowu above. with SOUK- faint hands of a darker 

 brown with rows of bla. k SJNI|S. which sometimes have a whitish <lot in their centre. The 

 sides ha v. ]'._.'" ^p- ' i in- '!:'" !;-:;. .n ! T :,. .:, i. : - . :' i. .- > 'A '.. -. Ill Mime 



individuals the green is very distinct. The average length of the Sand I Jzanl is about seven 

 inches or a little more. 



P \~-i \i. l>\ a -.-ri-'- -if ^.-M.-IH :ilT- ii-li ii _ 'MI i f.- int.-i-.-iiii^ |~.int-~. . -<>m.- i the 

 animal called the CAI-K SI-INK- FOOT. The p'tieric name Arunthodjictyliis, Nt^nities Thorn, or 

 s | tine-toed, and in very appropriately given to thin animal and the other apecieH of the name 

 HDiis All the ^I'in.' !'-! l.i/.ii'l- an- inhaliitants of \fii.:i. :m<) HM-' o| ili.-m m f..'in.l 

 towards the northern portion of that continent. 



According to Dr. Smith, "this Lizard is found on the sandy district* of Great Namaqua- 

 land, and where the surface of the country is irregular it is generally met on the highest spota. 

 \Vhciv small sand-hills occur, it resorto to them in preference to the other localities, and from 

 the jieculiar assistance it derives from the serrated fringes which edge ita toes, it runs over the 

 !<K*<e sand on the -te.-p surfaces of those slopes with great activity. It feeds on inse< 



The color of this Lizard is a very peculiar brown above, changing from yellow-brown to a 

 much warmer hue, partaking of the orange. The top of tin- head i> mottled with dark brown, 

 and the back is freckled with the same hue. From the eyes run two whitish kinds on each 

 side, the lower terminating at the hind-leg and the up|>er reaching some distance alonn the 

 tail. Between and about these bands are bold brown mot t lings in the male, and an orange 

 wash in the female. The upper part of the legs are also mottled with dark brown. The toes 

 are very long, especially those of the hind-foot, and are edged with a fringe composed of 

 sharply pointed scales. The female is larger and more clumsily made than the male. 



ANOTHER pretty species of Lizard, termed the NAXAQCA KUKMIAS, w found the portion of 

 Africa from which it derives ite name. The name Eremias signifies a dweller in a wilderness, 

 and is given to this and several other species because it is always found in hot and arid situa- 

 tions, the sandy flats between Cape Town and Little Namaqua-land being ita most favored 

 localities. 



It is chiefly remarkable for the great length and slenderness of ite tail, which measures 

 ti\ and a half inches in length, although the head and body together are only two inches long. 

 The color of the back and upper parts is delicate brown mottled with a deeju-r hue, and along 

 the back are drawn four narrow lines of light reddish orange. The sides are cream-yellow, 

 the upper portions of the legs are olive-brown, and the under surface of the animal is yellow- 

 ish-white. There is a trifling variation in the coloring, according to the age of the individual. 

 Thirteen or fourteen species of this genus are known to zoologist*, most of them being natives 

 of Africa. 



OCR hist example of the true Lizards or Lacertinidx* is the curious little creature termed 

 the ELEGANT OPHJOPS. Two species are known as belonging to this genus, and they can at 

 once be separated from the true Lizards by the character of the eyelids, which are only nidi 

 mentary and hardly visible, so as to have gained for their owners the generic title of Ophiops, 

 or SerjH-nt-eyed Lizards. 



The Elegant Ophiops inhabits the south-eastern portions of Kun.|-. and the neighboring 

 parts of Asia. The shores of the Mediterranean appear to be favorite l<M-aliti.-s of the Ophiops, 

 and in those pla. .> it is not at all uncommon. It is lively and active in character, and, like 



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