TERRARIA AND AQUA-TERRARIA 



Found in warmer streams and lakes on the western border of the Middle 

 States, the Ohio Valley, and South. A repulsive-looking but harmless large 

 salamander, which during life retains many of the larval characteristics. 



Squamata. Lizards and Snakes belong to the order Squamata, 

 cold-blooded animals with the body covered with imbricated scales, the 

 vent a cross slit. There are many other individual anatomical differences 

 which mark them as distinct from the Urodelas and Reptilia. 



Lacertilia. The Lizards have no carapace, the body is covered 

 with overlapping scales. There are four limbs, the feet generally have five 

 digits, and the tail is usually long and brittle. The Eastern and Middle 

 States have but few species, which will be described; but some of the 

 common Southern and Western forms are to be had of dealers, and will 

 also be briefly mentioned. 



Eumeces fasdatus (Linn.), or Blue-tailed Lizard, has a short, broad 

 head with pointed snout, an elongated cylindrical body covered with scales. 

 The cylindrical tail is very long, covered above with small scales and 

 below with a central row of larger plates. The fore-legs are short 

 and the hind legs longer, both covered with scales and having long 

 delicate digits with very long curved nails. The colors of the head and 

 body above are bluish-black with five longitudinal yellow lines on the 

 back, and yellow veinings on the head. The lower surface is white, 

 except the tail, which is rich ultra-marine blue above and a little paler 

 below. Length 8 to 1 1 inches. Found throughout the eastern section 

 of the United States, from the Rocky Mountains to the coast; in shady 

 places and under the bark of decaying trees. Its food is principally 

 insectivorous. 



Sceloporus undulatus (Daud.,) or Pine Tree Lizard, Swift, Fence 

 Lizard, has a short, sub-triangular, rounded head with obtusely pointed 

 snout, a short body, fuller than the foregoing, and the long tail cylindrical 

 and tapering to a fine point. The legs are moderately long, and the 

 digits delicate, furnished with long curved nails. The colors of the head 

 and neck above are dark dusky-brown with black, the back mottled 

 brownish-grey, with 5 or 6 transverse black bands having white borders, 

 and similar markings are on the limbs and tail. The throat and lower 

 surface of the Hmbs and tail are silvery-grey, marked with small and 

 large black bands. On each side of the abdomen is a bright green stripe 

 surrounded with black, but in the females and the young the green is 

 usually absent. Length 7 inches. Very common in forests, and along 

 fences in the Eastern and Middle States. 



Eumeces anthr acinus (Baird), or Black-lined Lizard, is a rarer eastern 

 species found from Pennsylvania to Texas. The colors are bronze with 



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