7© THE WARTY LIZAED. 



Their young are brought into the world alive, 

 having been first hatched from eggs within the 

 parent animal. The females are said to retire to 

 the water to deposit them : at their first exclusion 

 from the body, these are furnished with fins on 

 each side of the neck, which, on the animal's be- 

 coming perfect, drop off. The number of young 

 produced by one Salamander is said sometimes to 

 amount to thirty or forty. 



THE WARTY LIZARD*. 



This Lizard, which is very common in stagnant 

 and muddy waters in this country, is six or seven 

 inches in length, and entirely covered, except on 

 the belly, with small warts. The under parts are 

 of a bright yellow colour, and the upper mostly 

 black brown, spotted with black. It resides alto- 

 gether either in the water, or in very damp places, 

 and its tail, being flattened perpendicularly, serves 

 it as a rudder in swimming. It is usually seen 

 crawling along the bottom, but it now and then 

 rises, with a wriggling motion, to the surface. 



At certain periods these animals, like many other 

 reptiles, change their skins. Mr. Baker kept some 

 of them in a large jar of water for many months, and 

 found that they generally performed this operation 

 at the end of every fortnight or three weeks. 



•Synonyms. — Lacerta palustiis. Linn. — La Salamimdre a queu 

 plate. La Cspede. — Ask in Scotland. 



