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62. Lacerta lophura, the {harp-tailed lizard •. body co¬ 
vered by diffimilar fcales j back ferrated ; tail long, and 
comprelfo-carinated. A very large fpecies ; at firlt view 
much refembling the teguixin in fize, colour, &c. but is 
coated with fcales of diflimilar fize on different parts ; 
large, rounded, and oval, ones being fcattered here and 
there among the fmaller; tail long, carinated above, com- 
prefled, and {harp-pointed ; both back and tail ferrated 
throughout their whole length. In the Britifli Mufemn, 
and in that of Dr. William Hunter. 
63. Lacerta lieliofcopn, the fun-gazing lizard : brown- 
ifh, with imbricated tail, thick at the bafe and (harp at 
the tip, a tranfverfe creafe beneath the throat, and the 
head rough with calli. This appears to be in fome degree 
allied to the geckos, being of a (hort thickifli form, and 
muricated on the upper parts with fmall tubercles ; the 
head is blunt or rounded in front; and the neck marked 
by a kind of ftribt:ure ; tail moderately {hort, and termi¬ 
nating acutely ; colour of the upper parts grey, with 
brown and bluifh fpots and linear ftreaks; neck often 
marked above by a red fpot ; under parts pale or whitifli, 
and covered with fmooth pointed fcales ; tip of the tail 
red beneath. This fpecies is faid by Dr. Pallas to be very 
common in the fouthern defects of Siberia, where it de¬ 
lights to fit in hot funny fituations, with its head turned 
up towards the fun. It is a fmall fpecies, meafuring not 
more than a finger’s length, and is extremely nimble in 
its motions. Noted by Cepede as a variety of the next. 
64. Lacerta plica, the plaited lizard : tail long and 
round ; hind head callous, eye-brows excoriated above, 
neck warted at the fides, and plaited beneath. A fmall fpe¬ 
cies, native of India and South America ; length of a fin¬ 
ger ; covered on all parts with conical fcales ; on each fide 
the neck two muricated tubercles ; beneath the throat a 
double creafe; down the back a row of larger fcales than 
the reft, and fomewhat crenated ; tail about twice the 
length of the body, covered with minute fcales, and fcarce 
diftinftly verticillated ; toes long, roughened beneath by 
Iharper fcales; claws comprefled. 
IX. No collar or fold on the neck ; body lineate or banded , and 
Jcaly ; tongue bifid. 
65. Lacerta fex-lineata, the fix-lined lizard: tail long 
and verticillate ; fix white lines on the back ; legs long. 
This fpecies, which is found in Carolina, does not differ 
very much from our nimble lizard. Three white lines, 
dnd an equal number of black, run along each fide of the 
back, the middle of which is whitifli. It has two tranf¬ 
verfe wrinkles on the under part of the neck. The in- 
fides of the thighs have each a fimilar row of tubercles 
■with thofe already mentioned on the guana, nimble lizard, 
green lizard, ameiva. See. The tail is long, and tapers 
gradually to a point; and this little animal almoft always 
carries its tail in a round reflected form, which gives it a 
haughty appearance, and has induced the Britifli inhabit¬ 
ants of Carolina to affix to it the name of lion ; and in this 
they have been imitated by feveral naturalilts. It is not 
at all noxious or dangerous. Having the legs of confi- 
derable length, it is very nimble, and runs about with 
great agility. It frequents the holes of rocks near the 
fea, and becomes very frequently the prey of large fea- 
fowl, notwithftanding the nimblenefs of its motions. It 
is not confined to Carolina, but is found in Cuba, Hifpa- 
niola, and the neighbouring illands. 
66 . Lacerta quinque-lineata, the five-lined lizard : tail 
round, not verticillate; five white lines on the back. 
This fpecies alfo was found in Carolina, and communi¬ 
cated by Dr. Garden to Linnaeus. The head is marked 
by fix yellow ftreaks, two of which are between the eyes, 
one over each eye, and one below each. The back is 
blackifli, having five longitudinal whitifh lines, extending 
from behind the head to the middle of the tail. The 
tail is round, and without ranges of fcales, being one half 
longer than the body. The belly is ftreaked, and covered 
by fcales lapping over each other in alternate rows. 
67. Lacerta Nilotica, the Nilotic lizard : tail long, tri¬ 
angular at the tip; body fmooth; four diftinbt rows of 
fcales on the back. This fmall fpecies inhabits the marfhy 
places near the Nile in Egypt, and has confiderable ana¬ 
logy with the feink. Its diftinguifhing character is the 
three-cornered pyramidical form of the outer end of the 
tail; and the middle of the back is marked by four rows 
of fcales, differing in fize and figure from the other fcales 
on the body. 
68. Lacerta interpundftata, the black-fpotted lizard : 
tail long and round ; two yellow dorfal lines, with black 
fpecks mterlperfed. A fmall fpecies: native of Afia. 
Head covered with large fcales ; body fmooth and glofiy, 
with two obfeure yellowifh lines diftinguifhing the back 
from the fides; down the dorfal area run fix rows of black 
fpecks or points, and down each fide a fimilar number; 
feet and tail alfo fpotted in a fimilar manner. 
69. Lacerta lemnifeata, the eight-lined lizard: tail long 
and round ; eight whitifli lines on the back. This io 
much refembles the ameiva, that, without a careful infpec- 
tion, it might be miftaken for the fame fpecies; its gene¬ 
ral fize, however, is rather fmaller. Its colour is a dufky 
blue, marked above by eight longitudinal white lines or 
ftripes, running from the head to the beginning of the 
tail; the fides, beneath the ftripes, and the outfides of the 
thighs, are marked with fmall white fpots; beneath the 
thighs is a range of tubercles, but there is no appearance 
of a creafe or tranfverfe fold under the throat; the white 
ftripes on the back vary in breadth, and even fometimes 
in number, in different individuals. It is a native of 
Africa, and is principally found in Guinea ; but is alfo 
faid to be met with in fome parts of India, and even in 
America and the Weft-India Illands, as two individuals 
were fent to Paris from Martinico : thefe have nine dor¬ 
fal lines. 
The Eleven-lined Lizard. In the colleflion of M. d’An- 
tic, there is a fmall lizard, a variety of this fpecies, which 
was lent to him from St. Domingo. The general colour 
is a very deep green, having eleven ftripes of whitifh yel¬ 
low on the back, which unite into feven near the head, 
and into ten near the tail; on which laft thefe lines gra¬ 
dually and infenfibly difappear. The whole length of this 
variety is fix inches, of which the tail meafures four inches 
and one line. 
70. Lacerta fafeiata, the blue-tailed lizard : tail round, 
longer than the body, and of a blue colour; five yellowifh 
lines on the back. Length eight inches. Inhabits Caro¬ 
lina in North America, and probably the neighbouring 
countries. It is of a brown colour, with five yellowilh 
longitudinal lines on the back ; the tail is {lender, and of 
a blue colour ; from which circumftance the trivial name, 
adopted, both in French and Englifti, from Catefby, is 
derived ; that employed in the Syftema Naturae is taken 
from the ftripes along the back, though fafeiata is gene¬ 
rally ufed to denote t-ranfverfe ftripes or bands. It fre¬ 
quently retires into the hollows of trees, probably to pafs 
the cold feafon in a torpid ftate. Catefby fays, that this 
animal is confidered as venomous by feveral of the Caro- 
lineans; but that he was ignorant of any fact which could 
fupport fuch an opinion. 
The lizard called americima in Brafil, which Ray de- 
feribes on the authority of Marcgrave, is probably of the 
fame fpecies. The americima is three inches long, 
and about the fize of a goofe-quill, the body being almoit 
fquare. The whole of the back is covered by grey-afii 
fcales 5 the fcales on the head, the fides, and the thighs, 
being brown, and thofe on the tail blue. The whole lur- 
face is very bright and fhining, and feels exceedingly 
fmooth. The legs and feet relemble thofe of the guana 
in form and ftrubture, the toes being fcarcely larger than 
hogs’ briftles. This alfo is believed by the Brafilians to 
be venomous. 
71. Lacerta vulgaris, the brown lizard : tail round ; a 
double brown line on the back; feet clawed, only four 
toes on the fore feet. Cepede confiders this as a variety 
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