over with numerous white convex fpecks or tuber¬ 
cles, and on each fide of the tail there is commonly 
a broad ftreak of a filvery hue, with a call of blueilh. 
The back of the male is more or lefs diftinguifiled by 
a kind of flattened procefs, divided into irregular 
ferratures. This fpecies is commonly met with in 
waters of a clearer and colder nature than thofe in 
which the lacerta aquatica is found ; and in the be¬ 
ginning of fpring may occafionally be obferved, tow¬ 
ards the evening, in damp fituations near the mar¬ 
gins of ponds, as well as under hedges, and other 
lhady fituations. 
