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A. LACERTILIA 

 Lizards 

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

 terminating in claws. The young undergo no metamorphosis, being 

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

 prefer warm climates and but three species are found within our 

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

 once from this state. 



1 Sceloporus undulatus Latreille 

 Common lizd/rd, swift, fence lizard, pine lizard 



De Kay'. Tropidolepis undulatus, the brown swift, p. 31, pi. 8, fig. 15 

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

 each side ; throat and sides of belly in male, blue witlL a black edg- 

 ing. Length 7 inches. 



Its 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 bark of decayed trees. It 

 chooses old fences as its basking places. 



2 Eumeces quinquelineatus Linn. 



Blue-tailed liza/rd 

 DeKay. Sci n c us fascia t us, blue-tailed lizard, "scorpion,"' p. 39, pi. 8,, 



fig. 17 



Color variable, but usually olive with five yellowish streaks, the- 

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

 become reddish and stripes grow fainter and may disappear. Length 

 8-11 inches. 



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

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

 attempt is made to capture it. 



3 Liolepisma laterale Say 



Ground lizard 

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

 stripe ; the sides below this lateral band striped alternately dusky 



' References to De Kay under tUe different species refer to the Zoology of New- 

 York, Septiles and amphibia, v. 3, text; v. 4, plates, by James E. De Kay, 1842> 



