THE 



LUMBRICIFORM LIZARD. 



Generic Character, 

 Body (in moft fpecies) four-footed, tailed, naked. 



Specific Character, &c, 



TWO-FOOTED CYLINDRIC FERRUGI- 

 NOUS LIZARD, pale beneath; teffclated 

 with fquare ftreaks, and furnifhed with very 

 fhort tetradadyloiis feet* 



LA CANNELE. 



Cepedi? §luadr. Ovip. l. p. 613. 



Between the genera of Anguis and Lacerta there 

 is fo clofe an alliance, that fome fpecies exift which 

 at firft view have a doubtful appearance, and might 

 feem with equal propriety to be referred to either. 

 Of this the Lacerta Chalcides, Lacerta anguina, 

 Anguis bipes, and Anguis quadrupes, may be ad- 

 duced as remarkable examples. The fpecies now 

 reprefented is alfo of a fimilar call, and bears the 

 fame ambiguous appearance. It is a native of Mex- 

 ico, and has but lately been introduced to the know- 

 ledge of European Naturalifts. It was firft defcribed 



by 



