. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. dark brown line down the middle of the back, which is often somewhat intemipted. A broad stripe or belt extends parallel with this on each side, commencing behind the eyes, and extending to a greater or less length dow^^ the tail; between this and the former are often one or more rows of black dots, and similar ones may occur on the lines. The under side of the body and base of the tail, in the male, are bright orange, spotted with black; in the female these parts, as well as the tail, are pale greyish- green, without spots. The other spec
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. dark brown line down the middle of the back, which is often somewhat intemipted. A broad stripe or belt extends parallel with this on each side, commencing behind the eyes, and extending to a greater or less length dow^^ the tail; between this and the former are often one or more rows of black dots, and similar ones may occur on the lines. The under side of the body and base of the tail, in the male, are bright orange, spotted with black; in the female these parts, as well as the tail, are pale greyish- green, without spots. The other species of Lacerta, which may be seen frequently on the Continent of Europe, are the Green* and the Ocellatef Lizards, and the lively little Wall Lizard.:{: There are some species of Lacerta in Africa, and on that continent, in Lidia, and in Southern Europe, the genns Acanthodactylus is represented. Its species have the toes keeled beneath or fringed along their edges. Long-tailed, cylindrical-bodied Lizards are also found in the East Indies and in Africa, and they belong to the genus Tachydromus. The genus Oi)hiops contains Lizards without palatal teeth and eyelids, and the type is an inhabitant of Asia Minor. * Lacerta viridis. t L. ocellata. t L. mitmlis. Note.—If these common Lizards are taken as the types of the order Sauria, or Lacertilia, the distinctions between them and the Crocodilia on the one hand, and the Serpents, or Oi^hidia, on the other, can be appreciated. The skull of the Lizard, shortened as it is in relation to that of the Crocodile, possesses the following peculiarities :—The lower jaw is jointed with a quadrate bone, on each side, which is not firmly united to the skull, for the union admits of some movement there. In this respect the Lizards differ from the Crocodiles, but this mobility is in excess in the Serjients. In the Lacertilia the pterygoid bones reach from the iialatines and .sphenoid back- wards and outwards to join, but not to unite firmly to,
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