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horizontally extended a flat, semiorbicular skin or 

 wattle, of a red colour, with serrated edges, and 

 reaching as far as the shoulders : the remainder of 

 the animal is clouded with yellowish and cinere- 

 ous : tail rather short than long, and roughened 

 above, as is the whole body, with small, pointed 

 granules : toes five, of which the three interme- 

 diate ones are serrated on the edges. This species 

 appears to be in some degree allied to the Geckos; 

 it is a native of the southerns desert of Siberia, 

 frequenting sandy hills, and was first described by 

 Dr. Pallas. 



SUN-GAZING LIZARD. 



Lacerta Helioscopa. L. cauda imbricata bast crassa apice acuta, 



collo subtus plica transversa, capite call is cupero. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. Gmel.p. 1074. Pall. it. 1. p. 457. 

 Brownish Lizard, with imbricated tail, thick at the base and 



sharp at the tip, a transverse crease beneath the throat, and 



the head rough with calli. 



THIS also appears to be in some degree allied to 

 the Geckos, being of a short, thickish form and 

 muricated on the upper parts with small tubercles : 

 the head is blunt or rounded in front ; and the 

 neck marked by a kind of stricture : tail mode- 

 rately short, and terminating acutely : colour of 

 the upper parts grey, with brown and blueish 

 spots and linear streaks: neck often marked above 

 by a red spot : under parts pale or whitish, and 

 covered with smooth, pointed scales: tip of tail 



