

w fORK STATE MI78EUK 



A. LACERTILTA 

 Lizards 

 Long-tailed reptiles, covered with scales; usually with four limbs 

 terminating in claws. The young undergo do metamorphosis, being 

 hatched from the egg in a form resembling the parent. Lizards 

 prefer warm climates and hut three species are found within our 

 limits, two beitlg fairly common, while the other is recorded only 

 once from this state. 



1 Sceloporus undulatus Latreille 

 nmon lizard, swift, >/■>/. pin* lizard 



I). Ki\ i, Tropidol epia u ml ulatus, the brown swift, p. 81, pL 8, fig. 16* 

 Brownish olive or gray, with black, wavy, V shaped bands on 

 each Bide; throat and sides of belly in male, blue with a black edg- 

 ing. Length 7 inches. 



It- eggs, which are long and narrow, are laid in the sand about 

 June 1 and hatched about July 10. 



Found in southern part of the state. Very rapid in its move- 

 ments, and frequently found under hark of decayed trees. It 

 chooses old fences as its basking plac* 



'2 Eumeces quinquelineatus Linn. 

 BJn< -t<i'th d lizard 



De Kay. Scincus fascia t us. blue-tailed lizard, "scorpion," p. 29, ]>' 



fig. 17 



< lolor variable, hut usually olive with five yellowish streaks, the 

 middle one forking on the head; tail bright blue. Old specimens 

 become reddish and Btrij >w fainter and may disappear. Length 



v 1 1 inches. 



Found in the southern part of the Btate; lives on the ground ; is 

 very active; it readily parts with a portion of its tail when an 

 attempt is made t<» capture it. 



•') Liolepisma laterale Bay 

 Ground lizard 

 Upper parts of head and body reddish olive ; on each side a black 

 stripe; the Bides below this lateral band striped alternately dusky 



■ I: I >< Kay under the different species refer to the Zoology of New 



i \d amphibia, v. :}, text; v. 1. plates, by James E. De Kay, 1842. 



