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ALGERIXE LIZARD. 



Lacorta Algira. L. cauda -certicillata longiuscula, corpore Unfit 

 vtnnque duabusjtaris. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1073. 



Lizard with longish verticillated tail, and two yellow lines on 

 each side the body. 



A SMALL species, of about a finger's length: 

 above brown, beneath yellowish : back covered 

 with carinated scales, and bounded on each side 

 by a yellow line, separating the abdomen from the 

 upper parts. Native of Algiers. 



SWIFT LIZARD. 



Lacerta Velox. L. cauda terticillata longiuscula, collari subtus 

 squamis eunstructo, corpore supra cinereo, strigis quinque longi- 

 tudinalibus dilutioribu-s punctisque Jiiscis vario, ad latera nigro 

 mandate & carulescente punctato. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 

 p. 10??. Pall. it. 1. p. 457. 



Lizard with longish verticillated tail, a scaly collar beneath 

 the neck ; cinereous body, with five longitudinal paler bands, 

 variegated with black specks ; the sides spotted with black, 

 and speckled with blue. 



MUCH allied to the L. agilis, but much smaller, 

 and more slender : hind feet marked with orbi- 

 cular spots : native of Siberia, wandering about in 

 sunny situations among stones, &c. when dis- 

 turbed, moves off with extreme celerity. 



