. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 5*--*-^-~- ti'ple gloss oil tlio rcacliiug from tJio silvery lustre, and eleven inches, iging to the same intropyx calcdlm), each side of tlie three streaks of a :;;rceniish Avhite. ' tropical America, nd is strong and ^receding s]) found among the in in the -water, g itself in a deep it, is not easily ind the eggs are :gs. Tiie general tongue of these ply forked. The i Hat. They are i'hich, the Scaly , and commons, ting among the ispeeting Hi
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 5*--*-^-~- ti'ple gloss oil tlio rcacliiug from tJio silvery lustre, and eleven inches, iging to the same intropyx calcdlm), each side of tlie three streaks of a :;;rceniish Avhite. ' tropical America, nd is strong and ^receding s]) found among the in in the -water, g itself in a deep it, is not easily ind the eggs are :gs. Tiie general tongue of these ply forked. The i Hat. They are i'hich, the Scaly , and commons, ting among the ispeeting Hies as :)f a gorse bush, r. ly easy to catch adroitly, that a rickly points of. «I'AI,V ;-^,â;/,â.â ,.;,. THE EYED 4, III.' gorse are always lurking among the grass, to the detriment of a tender skin Thev n,n swnn tolerably il thrown nto the water, but do not .seem to seek tl a elemenl '. y. I have genera ly bund that when Hung into M-ater, they lie L a sho im .|Uite iiiotKinless, with tlieir Innbs .y ^" "" .1 siioir time , , and tail straiglit, as if be- i wildered with the sudden change. j They soon, however, get their head towards shore, and then, witli a serpentine? movement of the tail, [scull t]iems(!lves to land. This is one of Ihe reptiles that j produces living young, the eggs 'being hatched just liehu'e the |y(uing Lizards are born. Willi I rejitiles, tlie general j)lan is to . ])lace the eggs in some spot wJiere [tluy are exjiosed to the heat of ^ the sunbeams; but this Lizard, I together with the viper, is in the habit of lying on a sunny bank before her young ones ai'e born, ap]iarently for the purpose of gaining .suflicient heat to hatch tli(! eggs. This process is aided by the thinness of the membrane covering the eggs. The colour of this little Lizard eacli .side runs a broader band, >"iKniii(i( and theiv. Along and between tliese bands are suii- flry black spots and s])lashes. The under ]iarts are
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