LUMBR1CIFORM LIZARD. 



Quadrupeds. Length eight inches : diameter near 

 half an inch : length of head three lines ; of the 

 tail one inch : both head and tail, as in the genus 

 Amphisbasna, scarce distinguished by any differ- 

 ence of diameter from the body, which is of uni- 

 form breadth throughout, and is covered entirely 

 by annuli of square scales, as in the Amphisbaena 

 fuliginosa : along the whole body, from head to 

 tail, on each side, runs a continued sulcus or 

 channel, separating the upper or lower surfaces : 

 legs only two; extremely short, placed near the 

 head, and divided into five minute toes with cor- 

 respondent claws: not the least appearance of hind 

 legs : vent surrounded on its upper part by a row 

 of small perforated papillae, as in the thighs of the 

 green lizard, &c. Colour of the living animal 

 suspected to be green, paler beneath. 



The specimen preserved in the British Museum 

 is about half the size of that described by the 

 Count de Cepede, and is of a pale ferruginous 

 colour above, and yellowish white beneath. 



t\D OF PART 1. 



Leudou: printed by T. Davison, White -friars. 



