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ALGERINE LIZARD. 



Lacerta Algira. L. cauda verticillata longiuscula, cor pore lineis 

 utrinque duahus Jlavis, Lin, Syst, Nat. Gmel. p, 1073. 



Lizard with longish verticillated tail, and two yellow lines on 

 each side the body. 



A SMALL species, of about a finger's length: 

 above brown, beneath yellowish : back covered 

 with carinated scales, and bounded on each side 

 by a yellow line, separating the abdomen from the 

 upper parts. Native of Algiers. 



SWIFT LIZARD. 



Lacerta Velox. L. cauda verticillata longivscula, collari subtus 

 squamis constructor corpore supra cinereOj strigis quinque longi- 

 tudinalihus dilutioribus punctisque fuscis vario, ad latera nigra 

 maculato 8c ccerulescente punctato. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 

 p. 1072. Fall. it. I. p. 4^57. 



Lizard with longish verticillated tail, a scaly collar beneath 

 the neck ; cinereous body, with five longitudinal paler bands, 

 variegated with black specks ; the sides spotted with black, 

 and speckled with blue. 



Much allied to the L. agilis, but much smaller, 

 and more slender: hind feet marked with orbi- 

 cular spots : native of Siberia, wandering about in 

 sunny situations among stones, &c. when dis- 

 turbed, moves off with extreme celerity. 



