THE LIZARD. 



167 



In tJie female : 



169. The ovaries (Fig. 42, ov) situated further back 

 than the testes, the left being partly within the pelvic 

 cavity : their surface is raised into hemispherical elevations, 

 due to the ova. 



1. In 



od 



FIG. 42. Lacerta viridis. The female urinogenital organs (nat. 

 size). The ventral wall of the cloaca, the urinary bladder, the posterior 

 end of the left oviduct, and the peritoneal investment of the left ovary 

 and oviduct are removed. 



b.lg, broad ligament : cl l , an*erior, and cl 2 , posterior, division of 

 cloaca: k, kidney : ms,o, mesoarium : od, left oviduct : od', its peritoneal 

 aperture : od", aperture of right oviduct into the cloaca : ov, ovary : 

 ur, aperture of ureter. 



