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the tail is as long as the body^, the head triangu- 

 lar, covered with small square scales^ the nose 

 vcrv ^ongv, the ears round and like those of all 

 lizards, placed at the hinder part of the head. 

 The upper part of its body is covered with small 

 rhomboidal scales^ green,, yelloW;, black, and blue; 

 the skin of the belly is smooth and of a yellowish 

 green ; the feet have each five toes, furnished 

 with strong nails, and the tail is round and of the 

 same colour as the bodv. 



Of the aquatic lizard but one species has been 

 discovered, to which Feuille, who saw it, has 

 given the name of the water salamander (sala- 

 raandra aquatica nigra). It is fourteen inches 

 and a half in length; iiicl tiding the tail ; the skin 

 is without scales, rough in a slight degree, and 

 of a black inclining to blue ; the head is elevated 

 and rather long, the eyti hirge and yellow with 

 a blue pupil, and the ncstrils open with a fleshy 

 bordrr ; its nose is pointed, the mouth wide and 

 furnished v.ith two rows of small crooked teeth; 

 the tongue is large, of a bright red, and at- 

 tached at the base to llie gullet, in which is a 

 large crop that the animal can contract and ex- 

 pand at pleasure ; like other water lizards it is 

 v/ithoi'.l eiivs, and from the top of its head to the 

 extremitv of i'stail, extends a kind of indeiited 

 icst. '' > i.jiT. feet are much shorter than tlie 

 hind, th'j iiave each five toes, whicli, instead of 

 uails^ ore furtsisbed with round cartilages; the 



