THE GREEN LIZARD. 



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mented. Its favourite locality is a slightly elevated woody place, 

 where the sun's rays readily penetrate. It is also found in sunny 

 meadows. It feeds upon small insects, and shows no alarm at the 

 presence of man, but stops to look at him. Snakes, on the contrary, 

 they seem to fear much ; but when they cannot avoid them they fight 

 courageously. In length they are about eighteen inches. 



Fig. 26. — Green Lizard and Ocellated Lizard. 



Green Lizards are found on the African coast of the Mediterra- 

 nean, in Jersey and Guernsey, and other warm countries of Europe, 

 and they are not rare in France. 



_ How often have we admired their magnificent colours in the 

 neighbourhood of Montpellier, where they rival the green of the 

 meadows, and glitter in the sun like so many living emeralds. 



In the Ocellated Lizard (Z. ocdlata, Fig. 26), the upper part of the 



