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ORBICULAR LIZARD. 



Lacerta Orbicularis. L. supra muricata cauda tereti mediocri, 



abdomine subrotundo. 

 Lizard with muricated scales, short round tail, and broad 



rounded body. 



Lacerta orbiculare. L. cauda tereti mediocri, vertice trimuri- 



cato, abdomine subrotundo. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 365. 

 Lacertus orbicularis spinosus, &c. Seb. I. p. 134. t.7S.f* 1, 2. 



This remarkable species may be said to con- 

 nect, in some degree, the Toad and Lizard tribes, 

 having the large, ventricose body of the one, with 

 the limbs and tail of the other. Its general size is 

 as represented on the annexed plate, and its colour 

 a dusky brown, variegated with deeper and lighter 

 shades : along the back runs a carina of sharp- 

 pointed scales, and the whole upper surface is 

 covered with somewhat spiny or muricated ones 

 of different sizes : the under parts are coated by 

 flat, pointed, smooth scales, rather larger than 

 those on the upper parts. 



This animal is a native of South America, and 

 is one of the rarer species, being not often seen 

 in collections. 



