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MARBLED LIZARD. 



Lacerta Marmorata. L. cauda tereti longa, gula subcristata art" 

 ike dentata, dorso Icevi. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. SGS. 



Lizard with long round tail, subcristated throat, and smooth 

 back. 



Lacerta Chalcitica marmorata ex Gallaecia. Seb. 2. p. 79' 



t. 76./. 4. ? 

 Le Marbre. Cepede ovip. p. 394. pi. 26, 



The Marbled Lizard is a moderately small spe- 

 cies, measuring about a foot in total length, or 

 something more : its habit is slender and elegant : 

 the head rather small ; the snout taper ; the limbs 

 slender, and the tail very long in proportion. 

 The whole body is covered with small ovate scales, 

 the back having a slight or scarce perceptible 

 carina of rather sharper scales than on the other 

 parts, and which become rather more apparent as 

 they approach the upper part of the tail : beneath 

 the throat is a slightly protuberant crested and 

 somewhat dentated skin : the feet are formed 

 nearly as in the Principalis, having slender toes, 

 with the ultimate joints a very little dilated. The 

 colour of this species is pale blue, variegated with 

 undulating transverse fasciae of a whitish cast : 

 the belly is of a pale rose-colour. It is a native 

 of America and the West-Indian islands, and, 

 according to Linnseus, of India. The gular pro- 

 tuberance in the female is not perceptibly denti- 

 culated : the tail in both is marked by three or 



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