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DLSEttT LIZARD. 



Laccrta Dcserti. L. lauda tcreti longiuscula, pedibus pentadac- 

 tylis, corporc supra nigro, hneis sex albis longitudinalilnis. Lin. 

 Syst. Nat. G?ncf. p. 1076. 



Lizard with longish round tail, pentadactyle feet, and body 

 black above, with six longitudinal white lines. 



A VERY small species : body white beneath : the 

 stripes of the back consist of oblong spots, and 

 between the exterior stripe and the next are five 

 white specks : native of the Ural desert. 



ARGUTE LIZARD. 



Lacerta Arguta. L. cauda verticittata breri, basi crassiuscula, 

 apice filiformi, collari squamis obsoletis plicaque sub collo duplici 

 insigni. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1072. Pall. it. 1. p. 456. 



Lizard with short verticillated tail, thickish at the base and 

 filiform at the tip, with a collar of obscurely-marked scales, 

 and a remarkable double crease under the neck. 



NATIVE of the South of Siberia: described by 

 Dr. Pallas : allied to the green lizard, but of a 

 shorter or more ventricose form, with a sharper 

 snout, and less numerous as well as less distinct 

 subfemoral tubercles : colour glaucous above, 

 with several subcontinent transverse black bands, 

 most distinct at the base of the tail, where they 

 are marked by ocellated spots of the ground-co- 

 lour of the back : under parts white. 



