230 ANGULATED LIZARD. 



Stellio, by the ancients, from its being marked 

 with spots resembling stars, seems at present un- 

 known. It is, however, observable, that in one of 

 Seba's plates a species occurs which is actually 

 marked with well-defined or regular star-shaped 

 spots. 



Mr. Schneider considers the Lizards called 

 Geckos as the true Stellioncs. 



ANGULATED LIZARD. 



Lacerta Angulata. L. cauda Jiexagona longa, squamis carinatis 



mucronatis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 364. 

 Lizard with long hexagonal tail, with carinated and mucro- 



nated scales. 



A SMALL species, first described by Roland er. 

 Head naked, marked by several unequal, elevated 

 wrinkles, and truncated, as it were, behind, where 

 it joins with the body : beneath the throat two 

 large rounded scales : body covered with carinated 

 scales, except on the belly, where they are smooth : 

 tail longer than the body, and strongly marked 

 or angulated by six longitudinal carina? : colour 

 brown : native of America. 



