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horizontally extended a flat, semiorbicular skin or 

 wattle, of a red colour, with serrated edges, and 

 reaching as far as the shoulders : the remainder of 

 the animal is clouded with yellowish and cinere- 

 ous : tail rather short than long, and roughened 

 above, as is the whole body, with small, pointed 

 granules : toes five, of v/hich the three interme- 

 diate ones are serrated on the edges. This species 

 appears to be in some degree allied to the Geckos ; 

 it is a native of the southerns desert of Siberia, 

 frequenting sandy hills, and was first described by 

 Dr. Pallas. 



SUN-GAZING LIZARD. 



Lacerta Helioscopa. L. cauda imhricata basi crassa apice acuta, 



collo subtus plica transversa, capite callis a&pero, Lin. Syst. 



Nat. Gmel.p. 1074. Pall. it. 1. p. 457- 

 Brownish Lizard, with imbricated tail, thick at the base and 



sharp at the tip, a transverse crease beneath the throat, and 



the head rough with calli. 



This also appears to be in som.e degree allied to 

 the Geckos, being of a short, thickish form and 

 muricated on the upper parts with small tubercles: 

 the head is blunt or rounded in front ; and the 

 neck marked by a kind of stricture: tail mode- 

 rately short, and terminating acutely : colour of 

 the upper parts grey, with brown and blueish 

 spots and hnear streaks: neck often marked above 

 by a red spot : under parts pale or whitish, and 

 covered with smooth, pointed scales : tip of tail 



