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GuM-sXIV. Sci.vcus. SCINKS. 



Body long and rather thick, entirely covered with el- 

 liptical or rounded imbricated bcales. Head oblong, 

 covered above with a few plates; tongue rather thick, 

 abort, and slightly clet t at its tip. Tail longer or short- 

 er in the different specie*, covered with scale* similar to 

 those of the body. Feet strong, rather short and thin, 

 furnished each with five long, thin, separate toes, ter- 

 minating in claw*. 



This is a numerou* tribe, comprehending 21 specie*, 

 which are all native* of warm climates. They are 

 bri.-k in their motions, and fond of basking in the sun- 

 shine. They live in dry stony place*, and feed on in- 

 sects. The specie* are arranged by Daudin in four 

 sections, a* follow*. 



SECT. I. Common Scinkt. 



Tail short and conical ; colour gn-y. having generally 

 transverse bands of a deeper colour. 



Special. Scincut offictnalu. Officinal Scink. Grey, 

 begirt with transverse blackish cone* ; back a little an- 

 gular; muzzle short and acute; tail compressed at the 

 margin of the toe* serrated. 



Le tcinque ordinaire f Egypt, Daud. iv. p. ISO. 



Lacerta icmcut. Linn, a Gmel. p. 1077. 



(Mdmal mat, Shaw. iii. pi. hwix. 



Le tftnque, Lacep. ii. part ii. art 54. pL i. fig. t 



2. 5. gaUtmatp. Galley- wasp S. Thick, brown above, 

 with large rounded imbricated scales ; muzzle taper, 

 with plates on its upper part ; tail thick and short. 

 See Plate CCXCVH. fig. 16. 



Le grot S. gaUymatp de I* Jamaique, Daud. iv. 



3. S. ft at. Giant S. White, with nineteen trans* 

 verse bands; tail of moderate length. 



Le S. nemnt, Daud. iv. p. 244. 



4. 5. mmtgiym. Mahouya S. Shining ash-brown, 

 with numerous small black spot* above each aide ; side* 

 and belly pale ; tail InMrtad ; muzzle prominent 



Le S. mabouyo, Daud. iv. p. 246. LaCTptdf, ii. 

 part ii. art. 24. pi. ii. fig. 1. 



5 S tilipug*. TiliguguS. Tail of moderate length, 

 round, ana conical ; body thick, brown above, thick- 

 ly set with black dots, whitish below. 



Le S. letigugu, Daud. iv. p. 251. 



Lacerta ttligugu, Linn, a Gmel. p. 1075. 



Sardinian lizard, Shaw. 



SECT. II. Wkite-ttreattm Scinkt. 



6. S. JEmeut. Bronze 55. Body slender, of a bronze 

 colour, with a broad longitudinal pale streak upon the 

 back ; tail once and a half the length of the body. 



I* S. brontt, Daud. iv. p. 254. 



7. S.HKmemhu. Two-streaked S. Brownish, with 

 two white longitudinal line* upon the back, with brown 

 spot* uispoatd in row*. 



LeS.a deux raiet, Daud. iv. p. 256. 

 iMxrtainterpunctata, Linn, a Gmel. p. 1075. 



8. S. trilineaUi. Three- streaked S. Brown above, 

 with three longitudinal white line* ; tail a little longer 

 than the body, with the scales on it* back part bexa- 



(*onji! 



Le S. a tnit raiet, Dand. iv. p. 268. 



9. S. quadriUneatut. Four-streaked S. Tail long 

 and round; fore feet four-toed; hind feet five-toed, 

 with two longitudinal white line* on each tide of the 

 body. 



XI. PART I. 



Saurian 

 Iltptilcs. 



CrutnutUi >- 



Le S. a quatre rates, Dand. iv. p. 266. 

 Lacerta quadriiint-ata, Linn, a Gmel. p. 1076. 

 Le quatre raiet, Lacepede, ii. part ii. art 57. 



10. S. Algira. Algerine S. Scales of the back ca- 

 rinated ; two yellow longitudinal lines on each side of 

 the body ; tail long and round. 



Le S. Algire, Daud. iv. p. 269. 

 Lacerta Algira, Linn, a Gmel. p, 1073. 

 L' Algire, Lacep. ii. part ii. art. 32. 



11. S. qninquelineatut. Five-streaked S. Blackish Quinque- 

 above, with five longitudinal yellow or white lines up- lincatus. 

 on the back ; whitish below ; tail of moderate length. 



Le S. a cinq raiet, Daud. iv. p. 272. pi. Iv. fig. 1. 

 Lacerta quinquelinfata. Linn, a Gmel. p. 1075. 

 Le S. ttrir, Lacepede, ii. part ii. art 38. 



12. 5. crumtatiu. Bloody S. Tail a little verticil- 

 lated ; ash colour above, scarlet below, with a whitish 

 tip ; seven white streaks upon the neck, four of which 

 reach to the tail. 



Le S. entoHglantf dela Siberie, Daud. iv. p. 278. 



Lacerta cruenta, Linn, a Gmel. p. 10T-. 



Red-tailed lizard, Shaw. 



IS. S. melanurut. Black-tailed S. Pale ash colour McUnuru.'. 

 above, marked with seven longitudinal yellowish lines ; 

 yellowish below ; tail round anil black, twice as long 

 the body. 



Le S. a tept raiet et a queue noire de rindr, Daud. 

 iv. p. 280. 



\\.S.oclolineatiu. Eight-streaked S. Black above, l">c. 

 with eight longitudinal whitish lines ; whitish below ; tm> 

 tail ferruginous, and twice as long as the body. 



Le S. a kuii raiet de la NouvtUe Holland*, Daud. iv. 

 p. 285. 



Tne ribboned Hard, White's I'oyage to New South 

 Walet, p. 245. 



SECT. III. Black-snaked Scinkt. 



15. S. iloanii. Sloan ian S. Brown above, with four 

 black longitudinal line*, of which the intermediate are 

 shortest ; tail a little longer than the body, with round- 

 ed imbricated scales on iu proximal, and hexagonal ver- 

 tiriHitfd falf on it* distal half. 



Le S. tloanifn, Daud. iv. p. 287. pi. Iv. fig. 2. 



16. & tcnnriderii. Schnerlerian S Bright brown- 

 ish above, with a pale longitudinal line on each side, 

 whitish below ; tail twice as long a* the body. 



Le S. tckneidrrien, Daud. iv. p. 291. 

 Ijt Dare, Lacepede, ii. part ii. art 36. 



17. .V. trittatut. Sallow S. Back pale brown ; 

 side* at a doepci colour, marked with a double pale lon- 

 gitudinal band ; tail long and cylindrical. 



Le S. remtrmni, Daud. iv. p. 296. 



18. S.lalicept. Broad headed S. Head behind the 

 eye*, broad, colour brownish, spotted with black ; tail 

 a* king a* the body, having it* distal part covered both 

 above and below with transverse plates. 



Le S. a large tfte, Daud. iv. p. SOI. 



19. S. carinatut. Ridged S. Scales car ins ted ; tail Cirinatu-. 

 twice a* long a* the body, covered with scales at in the 



likt prci-. 



Le S. Carene, Daud. iv. p. 304. 



SECT. IV. OceUated Scmlct. 



20. S. ocettatut. Eye-spotted S. Ash coloured 

 above, with numerous transverse lines of black scales ; 

 yellow in the middle ; tail about the length of the body. 



Le S. Ocelle de Ckypre et d"Egypt, Daud. iv. p. 308. 

 pi. Ivi. 



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