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APODAL LIZARD. 



Lacerta Apus. L. anguiformis fernigwea, pedibiis cmterioribus 



nullisj poster ioribiis brevissimis wojiodacfylis. 

 Ferruginous snake-formed Lizard, without fore feet, and with 



very short monodactylous hind feet. 

 Lacerta apus. L. capife Sc corpore continuis ma cum cauda longa 



fereiibys imbricutis pallidis, pedibus anterioribus nuUiSy posteri' 



orum siibdidactylorum vestigio. Fall. Nov. Comm. Petrop. ip. 



p. 435. t. g. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel p. 1079. 



A STILL nearer approach is made to the snake 

 tribe by this large and singular Lizard, than even 

 by the Chalcides. It is a native of Greece, the 

 Southern parts of Siberia, and doubtless of many 

 other parts of Europe and Asia, though it seems to 

 have been but recently known to naturalists. Dr. 

 Pallas, who discovered it in the south of Siberia, 

 having been its first describer. It is found of the 

 length of near three feet, and so perfectly resem- 

 bles the general form of a large snake, that it is 

 not without a near inspection that it is ascertained 

 to belong to the race of Lizards ; being furnished 

 merely with a pair of very short and somewhat 

 acuminated processes by way of feet, situated at a 

 vast distance from the fore parts of the body, 

 nearly on each side the vent : the processes have 

 no divisions or toes, but seem to form one simple 

 projection, with a slight indenture only : the head 

 is rather large, and covered with large scales : the 

 snout rather taper ; the upper jaw somewhat pro- 

 jecting over the lower: the mouth moderately 

 wide : the ears very conspicuous : there is no ap- 



