THE 



SINGLE-STRIPED LIZARD. 



Generic Character. 

 Body four-footed, tailed, naked. 



Specific Character. 



BROWN LIZARD, paler beneath, with a white 

 dorfal line forked over the head, and un- 

 guiculated feet, lamellated beneath. 



This fpecies of Lacerta is extremely rare, and it may- 

 be doubted whether it has yet been defcribed. It cer- 

 tainly is not a Linnzean fpecies, nor does it occur in 

 the numerous collection of Seba. The fize of the fpe- 

 cimens which I have examined is rather fmall, viz. 

 from about fix to nine inches in length. The colour is 

 a foft yellowifli brown, paler beneath ; the tail is cream- 

 coloured, varied with longitudinal marks of brown, 

 and on the back of the animal is a very remarkable 

 white, or rather cream-coloured broad line, which di- 

 vides on each fide the top of the head in the manner of 

 a fork, the extremities of each divifion juft reaching to 

 the eyes. The fkin of this Lizard, when clofely ex- 

 amined, is Hightly exafperated, efpecially towards the 

 tail, with minute tubercles, but they are fo extremely 

 fmall that they are not perceptible without a clofe ex- 

 amination. The feet are tranfverfely lamellated beneath. 



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