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Lacertidse. 



The young, unless uniformly coloured, are reticulate, with a more or 

 less distinct tendency for the vertebral spots to run together into a 

 band and for the light ground-colour to appear as four longitudinal 

 streaks. Lower parts white, with mother-of-pearl gloss, or slightly 

 tinged with lilac-pink, sometimes grey in spirit, unspotted, except on 

 the outer ventral plates, which, in males, are often spotted with black; 

 very exceptionally small black spots near the outer border of the 

 second ventral plate from the median line. 

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