CLASS REPTILIA. 



vent, the hinder smaller than the side ones. Senegal. Mus. 

 Par. 



Knox's Lissard. Lac. Knoxii, Edw. t. 6. f. 8. 



Abdominal plates twelve or fourteen-rowed ; interparietal 

 plates large. South Africa. 



Variable Lizard. Lac. Variabilis, Licht. L. Variabilis, 

 L. Jrguta, L. Velox, and L. Cruenta, Pallas. 



Abdominal plates fourteen or sixteen-rowed ; head rather 

 acute ; scales small, rather triangular or roundish, smooth ; 

 caudal scales closer keeled. Perhaps L. Deserti, Lepech, and 

 L. Corunea, Merrem. Tartary. 



C. Collar united in the middle to the abdominal plates, free 



on the sides. 



Panther Lizard. Lac. Pardalis, Licht. 



Abdominal scales ten rowed ; head rather acute ; scales of 

 the back smooth ; of the tail rhombic above, keeled ; tail 

 little longer than the body; Egypt. 



Bosc''s Li%a7'd. Lac. Boscii, Daud. iij. t. 36. f. 2. Lac. 



Velox, Edw. Savig. Rept. t. 1 . f. 9. 

 Abdominal plates ten-rowed ; scales keeled ; cervical ones 

 small ; dorsal large, rhombic, blunt ; tail twice as long as 

 the body. Egypt. 



Red-spotted Lizard. Lac. Rubropunctata, Licht. Savign. 

 Rept. Egypt, t. 1. f. 1 ? 



Abdominal plates ten-rowed ; head acute ; scales of the back 

 small, smooth ; of the tail large, sub-quadrate, olive, keeled ; 

 tail twice as long as the body. Egypt. 



Spotted Lizard. Lac Guttulata, Licht. Sav. 1. 1. f. 8 ? 



Abdominal plates eight-rowed ; head rather acute ; scales of 

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