LIZARD. 



orbicular, foft,'rougli, dentate creft. This fpecies is found 

 among the fandy hillocks of foutiicrn Siberia,and gravel-pits 

 in the defert of Coniani, it is fomething larger than the gecko ; 

 the upper part waved with cinereous and yellowifh, and 

 thickly fpeckled with brown ; underneath it is whitifh ; tip 

 of the tail and blotch on the chell black. 



Tegl'IXIN. Tail round, long ; lateral future folded ; 

 neck beneath wiih a triple fold Inhabits India and South 

 America. Back and tail verticillate with 'crowded ftreaks. 



Helioscopa ; Star-gazing lizard. Tail imbricate, taper- 

 ing ; neck with a tranfvcrfe fold beneath ; head covered with 

 callofities. This fpecies inhabits in vaft numbers the burn- 

 ing fand-hillocks of fouthern Siberia ; moves very quick, 

 but in a lefs ferpentine direftion than the fcaly lizard ; holds 

 its head very eredl with its eyes turned upwards, and is 

 about two ir.ches long. The colour of the upper parts of 

 the body 15 grey, with brown and blueilh fpots, and linear 

 ftreaks. The neck is often marked above with a red fpot. 

 The tip of the tail is red beneath. 



Plica ; Plica lizard. The hinder part of the head is 

 callous; eye-brows excoriated above ; neck plaited beneath, 

 and warted at the fides ; tail long and round. This is a 

 fmall fpecies, about two or three inches in length. It is 

 entirely covered with conical fcales ; there is a double plate 

 beneath the throat. It is a native of South America and 

 India. 



Section I. Body lir.cate or banded, fcaly ; tongue bifid. 



Species. 



Sexliseata ; Six-lined lizard. Tail verticillate, long ; 

 back with lix white lines. It inhabits Carolina. The hack 

 is hoarv, with three narrow white hnes and three black ; 

 under the neck are two wrinkles ; thighs with a row of 

 callous dots behind. 



QlJiJMjoELixEAiA ; Five-lined lizard. This alfo is an 

 inhabitant of Carohna. The head is marked with fix yellow 

 lines, and two between the eyes ; back is blackilh, with lines 

 reaching to the middle of the tail ; the tail half as long 

 S^ain as the body ; the belly is ftreaked imbricately. 



NiLOTiCA ; or the lizard of the Nile. Tail long, the 

 outer fide triangular ; body fmooth ; back with four lines 

 of fcales. It 13 found in Egypt. 



Interpunctata ; Afiatic lizard. Tail roand, long ; 

 back with yellow lines, interfperfed with black dots. In- 

 habits different parts of Afia. Body included between two 

 lines and dillinft from the fides. In the area are fix longi- 

 tudinal rows of brown dots, and as many on each iide ; legs 

 and tail dot'ed in the lame manner. 



Lemkiscata ; Eight-lined lizard. Tail round, long ; 

 back with eight whitifii lines. It inhabits Guinea. The 

 thighs are dotted with white. 



Fasciata ; Blue-tailed lizard. Tail round, long, blue ; 

 back with five yellowifh lines. Inhabits Carolina. 



Vulgaris ; Brown lizard, or common Newt. Tail 

 round, middle-fized ; feet clawed ; fore -feet four-toed ; back 

 with a double brown line. 



It inhabits Europe, and is about three inches long. It 

 is found in gardens, in the neighbourhood of dunghills, &c. 

 Like the Aug and toad it makes its way into cellars. It 

 is altogether a land fpecies, and it feems to be vivi- 

 parous. 



Japoxica; Japonefe lizard. Tail round, long; feet 

 clawed; fore-feet four-toed; backhanded. Body beneath 

 yellow ; the upper part is livid, with a dentate broad yellow 

 band from the hind-head to the tip of the tail ; eyes fmall ; 

 eye-brows large, rough ; claws black ; tail a little compreffed 

 at the tip. It is found in the Japan iflands. 



Deserti ; Ural lizard. Tail round, longiffi ; feet five- 

 toed ; body above black, with fix wiiite longitudinal linea. 

 It is found in the defert of Ural, and is fomewlsat more 

 than two inches long. The body beneath is white ; lir.es 

 of the back confiding of oblong fpots, and between each 

 outer line, and the next, are five white dots. 



Qu-\DKILINEATA ; Four-lined lizard. Tail round, long ; 

 feet fomewhat claw-ed ; hind-feet four-toed ; body with four 

 yellow lines. It inhabits North America. 



PuN'CTATA ; Dotted lizard. Tail round, middle-fized; 

 feet unarmed ; fore-feet four-toed ; back longitudinally 

 dotted with white. It is found in Carolina. The body ij 

 bro>'.-n, with a double row of white fpots on the back, and 

 a fingle one on the tail. 



SpaxATOR ; Spitting lizard. Tail round, middle-fized, 

 with a longitudinal row of fcales beneath ; feet unarmed, 

 five -toed ; body cinereous, with white bands above, before 

 nnd behind it is edged with liver colour. It is found in 

 South America, in houfes and amonjf old buildings ; when 

 irritated, it difcharges a black acrid m.atter, the effefts of 

 which on the huoian body may be cured by camphor or 

 fpirits of wine. The whole animal, except the very tips 

 of the jaws, and the lower furface of the tail, is covered 

 with minute truncate fcales ; the tongue is round, a little 

 notched at the tip ; tail near the end, and lego fpotted with 

 browa. 



Seftion K. The belly of the animals of this divifion is 

 covered with imbricate fcales ; the tongue is entire. 



Species. , 



Sepiformi.s. Tail fiiort ; body grecnifh-black ; head 

 armed ; back flat ; hind-thighs on the hinder part covered 

 with callous dots. 



SciNCU.s ; Scink. Tail round, middle-fized, comprefied 

 at the tip ; toes unarmed, marginate. This fpecies is thus 

 charafterized by Dr. Shaw. " Yellowifh-brown lizard, with 

 tranfverfe brown bands on the upper part, fhort tail with 

 comprefied tip, and upper jaw longer than the lower." 



" The fcink," fays the writer jull quoted, " is one of 

 the middle-fized or fmaller lizards, and is a native of many 

 of the eafiern parts of the world. It abounds in Lybia, 

 Syria, Egypt, and Arabia, frequen'ing moderately dry and 

 fandy foils, and growing to the length of fix or feven inches, 

 or even fometimes more. The head of the fcink is large, 

 the body thick and round, and the tail confiderably fliorter 

 than the body." 



It is of a pale yellowifh-brown colour, with a few broad, 

 dufl<y, tranfverfe undulations or zones, and is uniformly 

 covered with moderately large or fifn-like fcales, lying ex- 

 tremely clufe and fmooth, lo that the furface has a glofly 

 or oily appearance. It is an animal of liarmlcfs manners, 

 and like moll lizards derives its fubiillence from various in- 

 fefts, which wander about the regions that it inhabits. 

 It was once in high eftimation as an article in the Materia 

 Medica. 



Mr. Bruce, in his Travels, has defcribed the fcink under the 

 name of El Adda, which, he fays, is very common in the pro- 

 vince of Atbara in AbyfTinia. vSee E! AnnA.) It burrowe 

 in the fand fo quickly, that it is out of fight inttantly, and 

 appears rather to have found a hole than made one, yet it 

 comes out in the heat of t!ie day to bafic in the fun ; and it 

 not very much frightened, will take refuge behind Hones, 

 or in the withered, ragged roots of the abfinthium, dried i,T 

 the lun to nearly its own colour. It has long legs, but 

 makes no ufe of them to (land upright ; it creeps with its 

 belly almoll clofe to the ground ; us motions are, however, 

 very rapid. Mr. Bruce informs us, that lizards in general 

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