BRITISH REPTILES 



on our list, as it attains a length of 12 to 15 inches, although 

 larger specimens are not infrequently recorded. Green 

 is the dominant colour above, with yellow below. It 

 is a good climber, although its more usual habits mark it 

 out as an earth-dweller. The eggs number from 8 to 



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10, and they are partly incubated inside the female before 



being deposited. 



Wall Lizard. — Lacerta muralis (Fig. 8). The Wall 



Lizard attains an average length of 6 to 8 inches, and 



whilst colour-varieties are very numerous, the general 



dress may be given as brown or greyish on the upper 



parts, spotted or streaked with blackish. In some 



specimens a bronze-green sheen is present. The colour 



underneath is subject to much variation, such as pink, 



red, white, or yellow, and this may be self-coloured, or 



ornamented with spots of black. It resorts, as its specific 



name indicates, to walls. It is oviparous, and will come 

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