Class III. ANGUINE LIZARD. 25 



narrow black line reaching to the end of the tail : 

 the belly of a pale yellow, marked with fmall duf- 

 ky fpots ; the toes formed like thofe of the prece- 

 ding. 



Lacertus parvus terreflris fufcus oppido rarus. Rati Jyn, lo. LiTtLS. 



quad. 264. 



THIS fpecles is mentioned by Mr. Ray in his 

 lift of the Englijh lizards, without any other 

 defcription than is comprehended in the Jynonym. 



Lacertus terreflris anguiformis in ericetis. Rati fyn. ^uad. 264. 11. Art- 



GUINE. 



WE remain alfo in the fame obfcurity in refpedl: 

 to -this fpecies. It feems to be of that kind 

 which connecls the ferpent and lizard genus, hav- 

 ing a long and very Hender body, and very fmall 

 legs. Such are the Seps^ or Lacerta Cbalcidica of 

 Rail Jyn. quad, 272, the Lacerta anguina of Linnaeus, 

 371, or that figured by Seba^ torn. ii. tab, 6"^, un- 

 der the name oi Vermis ferpentif or mis. 



Long 



