CORDYLE LIZARD. 



and somewhat alternate bands either of black or 

 very deep blue ; but this is most conspicuous in 

 the smaller specimens or varieties. It also ap- 

 pears to be sometimes met with of a plain colour, 

 or with only a pair of fasciae on the upper parts of 

 the body, as in the specimen figured on the an- 

 nexed plate. The head is rather obtuse ; the body 

 moderately thick, and covered as well as the limbs, 

 with very small smooth scales : the tail, on the 

 contrary, which is of moderate length, is very dis- 

 tinctly and strongly verticillated by rows of large 

 carinated scales, the extremities of Avhich project 

 considerably^ so as to form so many spiny points. 

 In the smaller fasciated varieties the tail is shorter 

 in proportion than in larger plain ones. A beautiful 

 specimen of this kind, of the length of a very few 

 inches, occurs in the Leverian Museum. 



The large variety is a native of South America ; 

 the smaller of many parts of Africa. 



CORDYLE LIZARD. ' 



Lacerta Gord3'lus. L. cauda verticillafa brevi, sqiiamis dentku' 

 latis, corpore loBvigato. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 3Gl. 



Lizard with smooth body, and short tail verticillated with den- 

 ticulated scales. 



Lacertus Africanus cauda spinosa. Seh. 1. p, 136. t. 84./. 3, 4. 

 Lacerta nigra Africana. Seb. 2. p. 62. t. 6'2. f. 5. 



The Cordyle Lizard is so nearly allied to the 

 Azurea, that on a cursory view it might easily be 

 mistaken for the same species. It differs, how- 



