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LACERTADJE. 



SQUAMATA, 

 (SAURIA.) 



LACERTADJF.. 



Genus, Lacerta. Linn. 



Generic Character. Throat with a distinct collar. Nostrils situated towards 

 the outer and inferior margin of the nasal scuta. An osseous superorbital 

 lamina. Temples covered with scuta. Scales of the back, orbiculo-polygonal, 

 slightly carinated. Palate toothed. 



SAND LIZARD. 



Lacerta agilis. Linn. 



? Lacertus terrestris anguiformis, MERRETT, Pinax, p. 161. RAY, Syn. Quad. 



p. 264. 

 Lacerta agilis, LINN. Fn. Suec. 284. IB. cura RETZ. 289. Syst. Nat. I. 



p. 363, n. 15. MULL. Zool. Dan. Prod. p. 36, n. 299. 



MERR. Syst. Amph. p. 66, sp. 13. C. L. BONAP. Faun. 



Ital. cum Icon. 



