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SAUEIANS. 



In tlie Green Lizard, L. viridis, the scales of tlie temple are many- 

 sided and unequal, with a central layer; back granular and oblong, 

 with shelving sides; throat fold distinct. Nothing can be more 

 brilliant than the variegated colouring with which it is ornamented. 

 Its favourite locality is a slightly elevated woody j)lace, where the 

 sun's rays readily penetrate. It is also found in sunny meadows. 

 It feeds upon small insects, and shows no alarm at the presence of 

 Man, but stoj^s to look at him. Snakes, on the contrarj^, they 



Fig. 27.— tiiCL'U Li/itrd and Oex-liaied Liziud. 



seem to fear much, but when they cannot avoid them Ihcy fiiTJit 

 courageously. In length they are about eighteen iuclics. 



Green Lizards are fou.nd in Jersey and Guernsey, and other waim 

 countries of Europe, on the African coast of the jMcditerranean 

 and they are not I'are in Franco. 



How often have we admired their magnificent colours in the 

 neighbourhood of Montpelicr, where they rival the green of the 

 meadows, and glitter in the sun like so many liviu"- emeralds ! 



In the Ocellatcd Lizard, L. ocellata^ the upper part of the body 



