VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 237 



The lizards, as a class, revel in sunshine and all warmth, and abound 

 most in countries where these things are most plenty. In the United 

 States, they live principally in the southern States, though one or two 

 species make their way as far north as Pennsylvania and Washington 

 Territory. Man}^ species will bite when provoked, but few are venomous. 

 The order will repay a far greater amount of attention than has yet been 

 bestowed upon it. 



SCINCID^. 



GROUND LIZARD. Oligosoma laterale, (Say) Girard. 



SCORPION; RED-HEADED LIZARD; BLUE-TAILED LIZARD. Eumeces 

 fasciatus, (Linnet Cope. 



TEID.E. 



SIX-STRIPED LIZARD. Cnemidophorus sexlineatus, (Linnt) Dumeril and 

 Bibroii. 



ANGUID.E. 

 GLASS SNAKE. Ophiosaurus ventralis, Daudin. 



IGUANID.E. 



BROWN LIZARD. Sceloporus undulatus undulatus, (Harlan) Cope. 



ANOLID^. 



GREEN LIZARD. Anolis principalis, (Linne) Cope. 



ORDER TESTUDINATA. TORTOISES. 



An order of reptiles characterized by the absence of teeth, and the 

 modification and expansion of the ribs and vertebrae to form a more or 

 less bony chamber, which covers and protects the soft part of the body. 

 Exoskeleton usually in the form of horny scales. Oviparous. 



