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ever, in having the body covered by much larger 

 scales, which are also of an oblong-square form ; 

 and the tail, which does not much exceed the 

 body in length, is verticillated by rows of very 

 large scales of similar form, strongly carinated, and 

 denticulated at their extremities. The colour of 

 the animal is sometimes blueish, and sometimes of 

 a dusky or livid brown : its total length is about 

 ten inches. 



ROUGH LIZARD. 



Lacerta Stellio. L. cauda-Terticillata mediocri, squamis denficu' 

 latis, capite corporeque muricato. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 36l. 



Lizard with verticillated tail of middling length, with denticu- 

 lated scales ; the body and head muricated. 



Lacerta aculeata promontorii bonae spei. Seb. 2. p. 10. t. 9.f.6. 



THIS species is remarkable for the unusual!}' 

 rough or hispid appearance of its whole upper 

 surface ; both body, limbs, and tail, being covered 

 with pointed scales, projecting here and there to a 

 considerable distance beyond the surface, so that 

 it appears muricated with spines : the tail is rather 

 short than long, and is verticillated with rows of 

 pointed scales. The general colour of the animal 

 is a pale blueish brown, with a few deeper and 

 lighter transverse variegations : its general length 

 is about eight inches. It is a native of many parts 

 of Africa. 



It mav be here observed, that the Lizard which 



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we may suppose to have been emphatically termed 



