THE LIZARD.i 



The Green Lizard [Lacerta viridis\ 



The Sand Lizard (Z. agilis). 



The Scaly Lizard {Zootoca vivipara). 



(A).— THE SKELETON. 



L The skeleton of the lizard may be prepared either 

 by maceration, i.e. by allowing the roughly cleaned 

 bones to soak in water until the remaining tissues 

 are decayed, or by plunging for a few seconds 

 into boiling water : in either case, the muscle, 

 connective tissue, &c., still adhering, is afterwards 

 dissected off until the bones are clean. It is 

 advantageous to have two skeletons : in one the 

 bones, with the exception of the skull, are not 

 separated from one another, and the whole 

 skeleton is set out and dried in the natural posi- 

 tion : the skull should be removable, and it is as 



' The following description applies strictly to the Green Lizard, 

 which although not an actual British species, is very common in Jersey ; 

 it is larger tlian the indigenous forms, and is readily obtained of the 

 dealers in natural history objects. The distinguishing characters of the 

 three lizards will be found on p. 156, g 124. 



