BESEKT LIZARD. 



Lacerta Deserti. L. cauda tcreti longiuscula, pedibus pentadac- 

 tj/lis, corpore supra nigro, lineis sex alhis longitudinalibus. Lin. 

 Sj^st. Nat. Gmel. p. 1076. 



Lizard with longish round tail, pentadactyle feet, and body 

 black above, with six longitudinal white lines. 



A VERY small species : body white beneath : the 

 stripes of the back consist of oblong spots, and 

 between the exterior stripe and the next are five 

 white specks : native of the U/^al desert. 



ARGUTE LIZARD. 



Lacerta Arguta. L. cauda verticillata brevi, bast crassmscula, 

 ^pice JiUformi, collari squamis obsoletis plicaque sub collo duplici 

 insigni. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1072. Pall. it. 1. p. 456. 



Lizard vv^ith short verticillated tail, thickish at the base and 

 filiform at the tip, with a collar of obscurely-marked scales, 

 and a remarkable double crease under the neck. 



Native of the South of Siberia: described by 

 Dr. Pallas : allied to the green lizard, but of a 

 shorter or more ventricose form, with a sharper 

 snout, and less numerous as well as less distinct 

 siibfemoral tubercles : colour glaucous above, 

 with several subconfluent transverse black bands, 

 most distinct at the base of the tail, where they 

 are marked by ocellated spots of the ground-cp- 

 lour of the back : under parts white. 



