Class III. BROWN LIZARD. 29 



Lacertus parvus terrestris fuscus oppido rarus. Rail Syn. 3. Little. 

 quad. 264. 



jLHIS species is mentioned by Mr. Ray in 

 his list of the English lizards, without any 

 other description than is comprehended in the 

 synonym. 



Lacertus vulg. terrestris ventre dorso linea duplici fusca. 4. Brown". 



nigro maculato. Raii Syn. Lin. Syst. 370. Faun. Suec. 



quad. 264. No. 283. Gm. Lin. 1076. 



L. vulgaris. L. cauda tereti Sheppard in Lin. Tr. vii. 52. 



mediocri, pedibus unguicu- Common Newt. Shaw. Gen. 



latis, palmis tetradactylis, Zool. in. prt i. 2Q5. t. 83. 



_LHIS is three inches long; the body slender; Descrip- 



the tail long, slightly compressed, small and 



taper ; that and the upper part of the body are 



of a pale brown, marked on each side the back 



with a narrow black line reaching to the end of 



the tail; the belly of a pale yellow, marked 



with small dusky spots ; the fore feet divided 



into four toes ; the hind into five ; all without 



nails, and of a dusky color, spotted with yellow. 



TION. 



