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those ; the legs were two inches long : the feet 

 divided into four toes, each furnished with a 

 sharp claw. Another was killed at Penbury, 

 in the same county. Whether these are not 

 of exotic descent, and whether the breed con- 

 tinues, is what we are at present uninformed of. # 



Lacertus terrestris anguiformis Viperine Lizard. Sheppard in 2, Anguine. 

 in ericetis. Rati Syn. quad. Lin. Tr. vii. 51.? 



264. 



VV E remain in obscurity in respect to this 

 species. It seems to be of that kind which con- 

 nects the serpent and lizard genus, having a long 

 and very slender body, and very small legs. 

 Such are the Seps, or Lacerta Chalcidica of Rail 

 Syn. quad. 272, the Lacerta anguina of Lin- 

 natus, 371, or that figured by Seba, torn. ii. tab. 

 68. under the name of Vermis serpent if or mis. 



[Mr. Sheppard, in the seventh volume of the 

 Linnean Transactions, thus describes the spe- 



* Some additional information seems necessary with respect to 

 the Lacerta OS dura, described by Mr. Sheppard in the seventh 

 volume of the Linnean Transactions, p. 50. before it is admitted 

 as a new species into the list of British Lizards. It is chiefly dis- 

 tinguished from the common Lizard by " the tail bulging out a 

 " little below the base, which gives it the appearance of having 

 " been cut off, and set on again ; on all the feet are five toes 

 :< with nails. Its length four inches and an half." Ed. 



