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NILOTIC LIZARD. 



Lacerta Nilotica. i. cauda Imga extimo triquetra, corpore gla- 

 bra, dorso sqmmarum lineis quatuor. Lin. Si/st. Nat. Gmel. 

 1075. Hasselqu. it. p. SU. 



Lizard Math long triquetrous tail, smooth body, and four lines 

 of scales down the back. 



Small ; native of Egypt : observed by Hassel- 

 quist. 



TILIGUERTA LIZARD. 



Lacerta Tiliguerta. L. cauda 'verticillata corpore duplo longiorey 

 scutis abdominis octoginta. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1070. 

 Cetti. Anjib. di Sard. p. 15. 



Lizard with verticillated tail of twice the length of the body, 

 and eighty abdominal scuta. 



This, which is a small species, measuring be- 

 tween seven and eight inches in length, is allied 

 to the green lizard, and is a native of the island 

 of Sardinia, where it is said to be found in fields, 

 about walls, &c. : the male is green, spotted with 

 black ; the female brown. 



