. The life-history of British lizards and their local distribution in the British Isles. SAND LIZARD ( SAND LIZARD (fe:MALE). \Facingp. 56. THE SAND LIZAKD, LAGERTA AGILIS 57 it never existed, on the authority of more or lessincompetent naturalists. Thus Mr. Forrest was ledto include the species in the Vertebrate Fauna ofShropshire, not from his own observation, but on theauthority of others who asserted they had seen this otherwise excellent book was published,Mr. Forrest, havinsj his doubts raised as to theaccuracy of these observations, conferred with G. upon the
. The life-history of British lizards and their local distribution in the British Isles. SAND LIZARD ( SAND LIZARD (fe:MALE). \Facingp. 56. THE SAND LIZAKD, LAGERTA AGILIS 57 it never existed, on the authority of more or lessincompetent naturalists. Thus Mr. Forrest was ledto include the species in the Vertebrate Fauna ofShropshire, not from his own observation, but on theauthority of others who asserted they had seen this otherwise excellent book was published,Mr. Forrest, havinsj his doubts raised as to theaccuracy of these observations, conferred with G. upon the matter, and in a letter to myselfon the matter, he says, as a result of this conferenceI have come to the conclusion that all these observerswere mistaken, and that all the lizards in Shropshirewhich were said to be sand lizards belonged to theL. vivipara species. No doubt this is really the , I have had the sand lizard reported to mefrom Scotland (Ayrshire), but I never could get thespecimen forwarded for inspection, so upon this record,too, the gravest doubt must rest. The neighbourhood
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