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2. LACERTA. Lizard. 

 A. Scaly, with round whorled tails : feet all b-toed, with nails. 



3. L. agilis. Above light brown with longitudinal stripes 



of black and white spots, beneath yellow or dirty 

 white. 



Scaly Lizard. Br. Zool. iii. t. 2. Shaw Zool. iii. t. 72. 



Length 6 inches and a half. Back with a line of irregular black 

 fpots down the middle, next a stripe fpotted alternately with black 

 and white, then a brown ftripe with a line of black and white fpots: 

 tail beneath dirty white, often mottled with black : legs fpotted 

 above with white on the sides. 



4. L. (Edura. Above dark-brown with longitudinal 



stripes of black andyellow spots, beneath yellow or 

 dirty- white spotted with black : sides mottled black 

 and white. 



Swelled-tail Lizard. Shepperd Linn. Trans, vii. p. 5c. 



Length 4 inches and a half, Head above fpotted with black, be- 

 neath mottled with black : back with a black stripe down the 

 middle, then a brown one each side with a line of black fpots, next 

 a stripe of alternate yellowand black fpots, beneath this a brownish 

 black stripe with a line of yellow fpots : tail fwelling-out a little 

 below the bafe, ash-colour with a few long black marks at the end, 

 at the bafe underneath a large red or yellowish mark : legs black 

 and white' on the sides. 



5. L. anguiformis. Above light-brown with black-brown 



and yellow longitudinal stripes, the lower-one each 

 side with a few yellow spots, beneath yellowish-white 

 with a few black spots. 



Viperine Lizard. Sheppard Linn. Trans, vii. p. 51. 



Length 7 inches or more. Head with 4 dark fpots : back with a 

 black line down the middle, each side this a dark brown one, next 

 a yellow stripe, then a dark brown-one with a few yellow fpots : 

 tail barred with black at the end : legs dark brown fpotted with 

 black. • 



I). Without scales : tail compressed sideways : forefeet 4-toed, 

 without nails. Newts. 



6. L. vulgaris. Above yellow-brown with minute darker 



spots and longitudinal deep brown stripes, beneath 

 red with a few black dots. 



Common Newt. Br. Zool. iii. t. 2. Shaw Zool. iii. t. 83. 



Length 4 inches : upper eyelids dark brown, lower dull yellow: 

 tail ribbed at the sides with dark brown. 



7. L. palustris. Above warty and black-brown spotted 



with black, beneath orange bordered with large black 

 spots t sides light brown with white spots. 



Warty Newt. Br. Zool. iii. t. 3. Shaw Zool. iii. t. 83. 



Length 6 inches. Head black above, beneath light brown with 

 ■white fpots or warts ; tail pointed, with an obfolete white mark on 

 the sides. 



8. L. maculata. Above greenish-brown with 2 longitu- 



dinal brown lines, beneath bright red with dusky 

 spots : sides with lines of brownish-black spots. 



Spotted Newt. Sheppard Linn. Trans, vii. p. 53. 



Length 4 inches. Head with 2 lines of black dots above, beneath 

 yellowish-white with dark brown fpots : upper eyelids prominent ; 



