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SIX-LINED LIZARD. 



being black : tail long and slender : limbs striped 

 longitudinally with black: feet slender; five-toed: 

 native of New Holland. 



SIX-LINED LIZARD. 



Lacerta Sexlineata. L. cauda verticillata longa, dorso Uneis sex 



albis. Lin. Sj/st. Nat. p. 364. 

 Grey- brown Lizard, with long verticillated tail, and six white 



lines down the back. 

 The Lion-Lizard. Catesb. Car. 2. t. 68. 



A SMALL species, allied to the Ameiva : colour 

 grey, with six longitudinal lines or whitish stripes 

 down the upper parts: beneath the throat a double 

 crease, and beneath the thighs a row of tubercles : 

 legs long; feet slender: tail commonly carried 

 in an elevated manner, curving over the back, 

 for which reason it is called the Lion-Lizard : 

 runs very swiftly, and chiefly frequents the rocks 

 about the sea coasts of Cuba and Hispaniola, 

 where it is preyed on by Gulls, &c. 



