RED-HEADED LIZARD. 



larger specimens, is highly beautiful, consisting 

 of an elegant, and, in general, somewhat minute 

 variegation of brown, blackish, and purple spots, 

 on a pale blueish-white, and, in some parts, yel- 

 lowish ground. The whole form of the animal is 

 rather thick or plump, in comparison with many 

 other lizards : the tongue is broad, flat, long, 

 forked at the tip, and curiously striated on each 

 side : the head shaped like that of the Ameiva, to 

 which this species is nearly allied. It is a native 

 of South America. 



RED-HEADED LIZARD. 



Lacerta Erythrocephala. L. atrovirensfasciis transversis nigri$ t 

 abdomine longitudmaliter albo nigro $- cxruko fasciato, pectore 

 nigro, vertice rubro. 



Blackish-green Lizard, with transverse black undulations, ab- 

 domen longitudinally banded with black, white, and blue, 

 the breast black, and the top of the head red. 



La Tete-Rouge. Cepede otip. 2. p. 493. 



A MIDDLE-SIZED species ; native of the island 

 of St. Christopher; described by the Count de 

 Cepede. Colour deep or dark green above, mixed 

 with brown : back marked by several transverse 

 black undulations : top of the head, and part of the 

 sides of the neck, red : throat white ; breast black : 

 belly variegated with longitudinal black, blue, and 

 whitish bands, and covered with square scales or 

 plates : head covered with larger scales than the 

 other parts : beneath the thighs a row of tubercles. 



