. The life-history of British lizards and their local distribution in the British Isles. Reptiles, p. 92. CHAPTER IX THE WALL LIZARD, LAGERTA MURALIS DISTRIBUTION HABITS DESCRIPTION CHARACTERS COMMON TO THE FAMILY. We have already explained why it is that the greenlizard has found a place in a work on British species,and it is for the same reasons that the wall lizard,Lacerta muralis, must be here included. The onecannot be regarded as a British species unless theother be also so regarded, since it is simply a questionof the inclusion or omission of the Channel Islands inthe area denominated B
. The life-history of British lizards and their local distribution in the British Isles. Reptiles, p. 92. CHAPTER IX THE WALL LIZARD, LAGERTA MURALIS DISTRIBUTION HABITS DESCRIPTION CHARACTERS COMMON TO THE FAMILY. We have already explained why it is that the greenlizard has found a place in a work on British species,and it is for the same reasons that the wall lizard,Lacerta muralis, must be here included. The onecannot be regarded as a British species unless theother be also so regarded, since it is simply a questionof the inclusion or omission of the Channel Islands inthe area denominated British. Since we include theseislands in our faunal divisions, both these species, onthat ground alone, become British. Whilst it is necessary, for the sake of consistencyand uniformity, to do this, the fact remains that theaverage field naturalist in this country has but anominal acquaintance with the wall lizard ; and since itwill not come under his observation in field work,unless he pays a visit to its habitat in the ChannelIslands or elsewhere, it is not necessary to treat it 76. WALL LIZARD. \FaclngJ>. 76.
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