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PUNCTATED LIZARD. 



Lacerta Interpunctata. L. cauda tereti Imiga, dorso lineis dua- 

 bus JiaviSy punctis nigris interspersis. Lin, Syst. Nat. Gmel. 

 p. 1075. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 46. 



Lizard with long round tail, and two yellow dorsal lines, with 

 black specks interspersed. 



Lacerta Africana. Seb. 2. t, 12, f. 6, 



A SMALL species : native of Asia : head covered 

 with large scales : body smooth and glossy, with 

 two obscure yellowish lines distinguishing the 

 back from the sides : down the dorsal area run six 

 rows of black specks or points, and down each 

 side a similar number : feet and tail also spotted 

 in a similar manner. 



RED-THROAT LIZARD. 



Lacerta BuUaris. L. viridis, cauda tereti longa, vesica gulari 

 rubra. 



Green Lizard, with long round tail and red gular vesicle. 

 Lacerta Bullaris. L. cauda tereti longa, vesica gulari. Lin, 



Syst, Nat. p. 368. 

 Green Lizard of Jamaica. Catesb. Car. 2. t. 66, 



This, according to Catesby, is usually six 

 inches long, and of a shining grass-green colour. 

 It is common in Jamaica, frequenting hedges and 

 trees, but is not seen in houses : when approached 

 it swells its throat into a globular form, the pro- 

 truded skin on that part appearing of a bright 

 red colour, which disappears in its withdrawn or 



