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MARBLED LIZARD. 



Lacerta Marmorata. L. cauda tereti longa,gula svbcristata an- 

 tice dentata, dorso lard. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 368. 



Lizard with long round tail, subcristated throat, and smooth 

 back. 



Lacerta Chalcitica marmorata ex Gallaecia. Seb. 2. p. 79- 

 t. 76. f. 4. ? 



Le Marbre. Cepede crip. p. 39. pi. 26. 



THE Marbled Lizard is a moderately small spe- 

 cies, measuring about a foot in total length, or 

 something more : its habit is slender and elegant : 

 the head rather small ; the snout taper ; the limbs 

 slender, and the tail very long in proportion. 

 The whole body is covered with small ovate scales, 

 the back having a slight or scarce perceptible 

 carina of rather sharper scales than on the other 

 parts, and which become rather more apparent as 

 they approach the upper part of the tail : beneath 

 the throat is a slightly protuberant crested and 

 somewhat dentated skin : the feet are formed 

 nearly as in the Principals, having slender toes, 

 with the ultimate joints a very little dilated. The 

 colour of this species is pale blue, variegated with 

 undulating transverse fascise of a whitish cast : 

 the belly is of a pale rose-colour. It is a native 

 of America and the West-Indian islands, and, 

 according to Linnaeus, of India. The gular pro- 

 tuberance in the female is not perceptibly denti- 

 culated : the tail in both is marked by three or 



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