. The life-history of British lizards and their local distribution in the British Isles. TYPICAL lizards HEAD : LATERAL ASPECT. [Facing/>.. TYPICAL LIZARD S JIEAD : VENTRAL ASPECT. \_Fachisi f>. 8g. SPECIFIC CHARACTERS OF BRITISH LIZARDS 89 including the crocodiles, which are characterised bythe plate armour with which their bodies are only other scales claiming attention on the sideof the head are those in the position of the lower lipof other animals, namely, the inferior labials, or lowerlip scales (l.) ; and immediately below these the chinshields, the tops of which are
. The life-history of British lizards and their local distribution in the British Isles. TYPICAL lizards HEAD : LATERAL ASPECT. [Facing/>.. TYPICAL LIZARD S JIEAD : VENTRAL ASPECT. \_Fachisi f>. 8g. SPECIFIC CHARACTERS OF BRITISH LIZARDS 89 including the crocodiles, which are characterised bythe plate armour with which their bodies are only other scales claiming attention on the sideof the head are those in the position of the lower lipof other animals, namely, the inferior labials, or lowerlip scales (l.) ; and immediately below these the chinshields, the tops of which are seen, the rest of thesescales belonging to the under surface. Like the upperlabials the lower ones vary considerably, and shouldalways be examined. 3. The Ventral Aspect. We now come to the third and last aspect of thehead, that which is out of sight until the specimen isheld up or turned on its back. The scaling here isvery simple. There are first the lower labials, whichwere seen partly from the side. The only otherswhich need concern us here are the scales of the chinregion. The most anterior of these which extendsbetween the two ro
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