WALL LIZARD 



from its hiberniatng quarters during mild weather in 

 Winter. The members of the Family Lacertidce, or 

 True Lizards, are most common in Africa, but they 

 have a wide distribution in various parts of the Old 

 World, and frequent Northern lands where one would 

 hardly expect to find creatures of this nature eking out an 

 existence. Being so difficult to study at close quarters 

 in their own haunts, much remains to be discovered 

 concerning these useful, harmless, and active Httle 

 reptiles. Fortunately they take more or less kindly to 



captivity, and soon regard their owners with familiarity. 

 They may thus be highly recommended as suitable pets 

 for a Vivarium, and if careful observation is kept and 

 notes made, the young reptile student is quite likely to 

 be able to assist in helping to unravel some of the un- 

 solved mysteries still surrounding them. 



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