I. I Z A R D. 



Seirti-)!! H. The animals of tliis divifioi liavc tUcir coIlSr 

 jlouble ; anj Iqnare abdominal Icalcs. 



Species. 

 Amf.iva; the blue lizard. Tail verticillate, long; ab- 

 dominal Icales thirty ; collar beneath with a double wrnikle. 

 It inhabits America, but occurs in Africa and Afia. The 

 abdominal fcalc3 are in eight rows. 



TlLiGUEUTA. Tail verticillate; twice as long as the 

 body, abdominal fcales eighty. It is about fevcn or eight 

 inches long, and is found during the whole year in the fields 

 and meadows of Sardinia. 



AeiLis; Scaly or green lizard. Tail long, verticillate, 

 with (harp fcales ; collar is fcaly beneath. This elegant 

 fpecies, which is found in all the warmer parts of Europe, 

 ~ \aries in length from fifteen inches to two feet. It is the 

 mod beautiful of all the European laccrts, exhibiting a 

 rich and varied mixture of darker and lighter green, inter- 

 fperfed with fpecks and marks of yellow, brown, blackifh, 

 and even fometimes red. The head is commonly of a more 

 \iniform green than the reft of the body ; the under part of 

 the animal, both on the body and limbs, is of a pale bUie- 

 grecn call ; the head is covered with large angular fcales ; 

 the reft of the upper parts with very fmall ovate ones ; 

 the tail, which is commonly longer than the body, is marked 

 with numerous rings of oblong-fquare fcales, {lightly bifid 

 at their extremities ; beneath the throat is a kind of col- 

 lar, f9rmed by a row of fcales of much larger fi/.e than 

 the reft : the abdomen is covered, down its whole length, 

 with fix rows of broad tranfverfe plates, and the under fur- 

 face of the limbs is alfo covered with fimilar fcales ; along 

 the infide of the thighs runs a row of papillae or tubercles, 

 vhich, in this and other fpecies, 



about thirteen in number, w 



probably affift the animal in climbing or clinging to the ftcms lines on each fide the body ; it is a i 



and branches of vegetables ; the tongue is moderately long, finger's length ; it is brown above, 



and formed to enable the animal to retain and fwallow its " ' 



prey, which confifts chiefly of iHfefts, fmall worms, &c. 



This fpecies is a native of all the warmer parts of Eu- 

 rope. It is found in gardens, about and in crevices of warm 

 •walls, buildings, &c. It is, as its name imports, a very ac- 

 tive animal, and purfues its prey, which confills of infcAs, 



with great celerity. When it is caught it may be tamed, 



and it foon becomes famihar. 



It appears to run into numerous varieties both as to -fize 



and colour ; but in them all the particular chara6teriftics of 



the fpecies are eafily afcertained. Befides the one already 



defcribed, we have in the Syft. Nat. the follo-.ving varieties 



with confluent white bands mixed with round fpots. It in- 

 habits fouthern countries. The body is covered above and 

 beneatli with truncate fcales in eight rows, forming lateral 

 and longitudinal ftreaks, belly fiat; tail with about 50 whorls, 

 half as long again as the body ; legs fliort, diftant, but well 

 formed for running. Sec Ei'T. 



Vki.ox ; Swift li/ard. Tail verticillate, longifh ; collar 

 beneath Icaly, body above cinereous, varied with five longi- 

 tudinal paler ftreaks and brown dots ; fides fpatted with 

 black, dotted with blueilh. 



This fpeci-'S is found in Siberia, particularly in the fultry 

 dcfert places about the Like of Inderikien ; it wanders among 

 the rocks, and is exceedingly fwift ; it refemblcs the fcaly 

 or green lizard, but is much llenderer and Icfs ; hind-legs 

 marked with round patches. 



CnUENTA ; Red-tailed lizard. Tail verticillate, above ci- 

 nereous, beneath fcarlct with awhitifh tip ; fold of the neck 

 beneath tranfverfe. This fpecies is found about the fait 

 lakes in fouthern Siberia ; refemblcs the vclox in (hape, but 

 is three times as fmall, and has a fiiarper head. The body is 

 brown, with feven white ftreaks on the neck, of which four 

 reach the tail, beneath is white ; limbs varied with round 

 milky fpots ; thighs without the line of callous dots. 



Ahguta ; the argute lizard. The fpccific charafter is 

 this ; tail flnort, verticillated ; thick at the bafe and filiform 

 at the lip ; collar marked with obfcnrc fcales. There is a 

 reinarkable double plate under the neck. 



The ipecies is fimilar in fome refpefts to the green lizard, 

 but is fhorter and more ventricofe, and has a Iharper fnout. 

 It is a native of the fouth of Siberia, and is found in the 

 dry funny places of Irtifti, and on the fandy plains 

 beyond. 



AnilKA. Tail long and verticillated, and two yellow 



it is a fmall fpecies, of about a 



and beneath yellowidi ; 



Its back covered with carinated fcales, and bounded on each fide 



by a yellow line, feparating the abdomen from the upper 



parts. It is a native of Algiers. 



T11.IGUGU ; Sardinian lizard. Tail round, conic, middle^- 

 fized ; toes five marginate claws. 



It inhabits Sardinia, and is eight inches long. The body 

 is thick, brown above, variegated with numerous black dots, 

 beneath vvhitifli ; legs very ftiort, the hinder ones longer; tail 

 tliree inclies and a half long. 



Uralessks ; Ural lizard. Tail round, longifli ; neck 

 beneath folding ; feet all-toed; back hvid-alh, wrinkled, 

 and fubvvarted. 



One in which the loweft fcales of the collar arc 



loofe. 



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2. That in which the Ikin is very thin and of a brown 

 colour, j. Body with eye-like fpots. 4. Brown; on each 

 fide a feries of indift.tift fpots. 5, Sides brown ; back 

 tawny. 6. Blueilli ; each fide a triple row of ocellate fpots. 

 7. Green fpeckled w^ith brown ; collar tawny. 8. Blue ; 

 head white ; back longitudinally ftriate ; hind-legs fpolted. 

 9. Blue ; the fides fpeckled with white. 



The 8th, found in .America, is defcribed as innocent, ac- 

 tive, elegant, living in dry meadows, walls, and rocks Some 

 of the animals of this fpecies have been ufed ;.s a medicine, 

 and ha'.e been fuppofed to poffefs peculiar virtues in leprous 

 and other fimilar cafes. 



Seps ; the eft. Tail verticillate, long ; lateral future 

 reflected, fcales fquare. 



This IS a fmall fpecies, and is eafily known from the thin 

 lengthened form of the body, at.d its long (lender tail. 

 There are three varieties, the firft anfwers to the fpeclfic 

 chara^er given ; the feci':d.s var egared with chefnut ; head 

 varied wuh black had white } the third is bUck-blue, marbled 



It inhabits the 

 fwift. 



country about Ural, 

 The head is roundilh 



is four inches 

 ; body whitifh 



long ; very 

 beneath. 



BuLLAKis ; Bladder lizard. Tail rcund, h ng ; chin 

 pouched. 



This fpecies is about fix inches long, of a (hining grafs- 

 green colour. When it is approached, the throat fwills 

 into a globular form, and the protruded (l<in becomes of a 

 bright colour. This has been thought to be a threatening 

 afped, but probably without any foundation. It is a native 

 of Jamaica, where it is common about hedges and trees. 

 The green Carolina lizard is fuppofed to be a variety of this 

 fpecies, as it is an exadt rtfemblance in every refpctt, except 

 in the appearance of the pouch. In dry hot weather it ap» 

 pears of a bright green colour ; but in cold weather it 

 changes to a brown. It is very common in and about the 

 houfes of Carolina. 



AtiuiTA ; Eared hzard. Tail rcun'l, mlddle-fizcd, with 

 callous dots on each fide ; the throat fold tranfverle, almoft 

 double j angles of the mouth each fide dilated into a femi- 



^ orbicular. 



