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APODAL LIZARD. 



pearance of neck ; the body tapering in the most 

 gradual manner from the head to the end of the 

 tail, which is longer than the body, and terminates 

 in a point. The whole animal is covered with lon- 

 gitudinal rows of moderately large scales with 

 emarginated tips, and so disposed as to form so 

 many prominent or carinated lines along the sur- 

 face, in consequence of which a transverse section 

 of the body, in any part, presents a multangular 

 outline. Along each side of the body, from the 

 head to near half the length of the tail, runs a 

 deep continued furrow or channel. The colour 

 of this Lizard is a pale chesnut or ferruginous 

 above, and pale yellow-brown beneath. It is sin- 

 gular that an animal of so large a size should so 

 long have remained unknown to systematic natu- 

 ralists. Two very fine specimens were brought 

 from Greece by the late Dr. John Sibthorp, Pro- 

 fessor of Botany in the University of Oxford, and 

 from one of these was drawn the accurate figure 

 engraved on the annexed plate. The animal fre- 

 quents moist and shady places, and appears to be 

 of a harmless character. 



