. The life-history of British lizards and their local distribution in the British Isles. er labials on the rightside, and seven or nine on the left side. They areoften termed simply lip scales. Seven are representedin the diagram, the three largest being those beneathand posterior to the eye. Immediately above the eye will be noticed a rowof much smaller scales, which are named, from theirposition, the supra-ciliary scales (sc). In front of theeye are two scales of irregular shape, the loreals ( Lo.), posterior and anterior. The word loreal isderived from the Latin lorum, a thong or stra
. The life-history of British lizards and their local distribution in the British Isles. er labials on the rightside, and seven or nine on the left side. They areoften termed simply lip scales. Seven are representedin the diagram, the three largest being those beneathand posterior to the eye. Immediately above the eye will be noticed a rowof much smaller scales, which are named, from theirposition, the supra-ciliary scales (sc). In front of theeye are two scales of irregular shape, the loreals ( Lo.), posterior and anterior. The word loreal isderived from the Latin lorum, a thong or strap, the termbeing originally applied to a corslet of leathern thongs,which had a somewhat scaly appearance. Hence theterm lore in ornithology, to define the space be-tween the bill and the eye which in some birds is bareand devoid of feathers, hence scaly-looking. The wordhas the same significance in the lizards, and refers tothe position of the scale between the eye and thesnout. A further development is from the Latin lorica,a coat of mail, hence the order of reptiles, the Loricata,. TYPICAL lizards HEAD : LATERAL ASPECT. [Facing/>.
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