. Our reptiles and batrachians; a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain. ds fifteen inches,though sometimes attaining eighteen inches in theMorea. Although the colouring is very variable,green is a prevailing tint. The upper surface issometimes of a uniform green, at others greenwith yellow spots, and occasionally brown with greenor white markings, rarely brown with white streaksedged with black. The lower surface is usuallyyellow. It occurs on hedge-banks and grassyplaces. It is of a rather, tractable nature, submits to co
. Our reptiles and batrachians; a plain and easy account of the lizards, snakes, newts, toads, frogs and tortoises indigenous to Great Britain. ds fifteen inches,though sometimes attaining eighteen inches in theMorea. Although the colouring is very variable,green is a prevailing tint. The upper surface issometimes of a uniform green, at others greenwith yellow spots, and occasionally brown with greenor white markings, rarely brown with white streaksedged with black. The lower surface is usuallyyellow. It occurs on hedge-banks and grassyplaces. It is of a rather, tractable nature, submits to con-finement, and ultimately becomes familiar, for wdiichreason it is not an uncommon pet in the warmercountries of Europe, where it is chiefly found; andis occasionally imported into this country for a likepurpose. If it really cannot be proved to be trulyindigenous to Great Britain, all we can say is, the * Lord Clermonts Quadrupeds and Reptiles of Europe,p. 185. 38 OUR REPTILES. mores the pity, because it would be a handsomeaddition to the reptile fauna of any country, andbeing inoffensive and tractable, could be welcomedwithout Enlarged view of the upper surface of the head of the GreenLizard [Lacerta viridis) showing the form and arrangementof the plates.—Milne-Edwards, t. 5, f. 3. 39 THE BLINDWORM.
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