Clafs IID. Moot. By ER: 17 
IV. The LITTLE BROWN LIZARD. 
{acertus parvusterreftris fufcus oppido rarus. Raii /yn. quad. 264. 
HIS {pecies is mentioned by Mr. Ray in his 
lift of the Englifh lizards, without any other 
defcription than is comprehended in the fynonym. 
V. The SNAKE-SHAPED LIZARD. 
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Lacertus terreftris anguiformis in ericetis. Razi /yx. quad. 264. 
E remain alfo in the fame obfcurity in ref- 
pect to this fpecies. It feems to be of 
that kind which connects the ferpent and lizard ge- 
nus, having a long and very flender body, and very 
{mall legs. Such are the Seps or Lacerta Chalcidica 
of Rati fyn. quad. 272, the Lacerta anguina of Lin- 
neus, 371, or that figured by Seba, tom. 11. tab. 68. 
under the name of Vermis ferpentiformis. 
Genus IV. Long and flender bodies, covered with 
{caly plates: no feet. SERPENT. 
Ee phe Vv iP Ee) R: 
Exc. Arif. Hi. an. lib.iiicst. Coluber Berus. Lin. fy. 377. 
Vipera. Virg. Georg. iii, 417. Hugg-orm. Faun. fuec. No. 286. 
Plinii, ib. x. c. 42. C. Berus fcutis abdom. 146. 
Vipera. Ge/ner Serp. 71. {quamis caudz. 39. Ibid. 
Viperor Adder. Raii fyn. quad. Aman. Acad. \. 527. 
285. Borl.Corn. 282. tab. 28. 
"IPERS are found in many parts of this ifland, 
but the dry, ftony, and, in particular, the 
chalky countries abound with them. 
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