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VAR. ? 



Smaller, or grey Lizard. 



Scaly Lizard. Brit. Zool. 3. p. 20. pi. 2./. 2 



Little Brown Lizard. Edw. pi. 225. 



THIS is found in many parts of Europe, where 

 the larger or green kind is not to be discovered. 

 It is generally of the length of about six or eight 

 inches, and is of a pale greyish or greenish brown 

 colour, with a pair of dusky or deep brown dorsal 

 or lateral stripes, speckled with small whitish spots, 

 and accompanied by a few yellowish variegations: 

 the under parts are of a very pale blueish or whit- 

 ish green, and sometimes yellowish. This variety 

 is found in our own country, and is occasionally 

 seen basking, during the hotter part of the sum- 

 mer, about the roots of trees, old walls, &c. &c. 

 in pursuit of insects, and generally escaping with 

 great readiness, if pursued. This, as well as the 

 former kind, has sometimes been used as a medi- 

 cine, and has been supposed to possess peculiar 

 virtues in leprous and some other cases. 



