. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. NATURAL HISTORY. Tims, it will often take a great number of the smaller insects, preferring tliose of the two-winged order, though it will not refuse many of the beetles and Orthoptera, if they are not too ; The female retains the eggs until the young are ready to leave them, and they are produced alive. The covering of the egg is very thin and membranous. As the young are sometimes found with the mother, it is possible that she has some maternal instincts. The young are fully formed when born, and are capable of i-unning about
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. NATURAL HISTORY. Tims, it will often take a great number of the smaller insects, preferring tliose of the two-winged order, though it will not refuse many of the beetles and Orthoptera, if they are not too ; The female retains the eggs until the young are ready to leave them, and they are produced alive. The covering of the egg is very thin and membranous. As the young are sometimes found with the mother, it is possible that she has some maternal instincts. The young are fully formed when born, and are capable of i-unning about and of taking care of themselves. This little Lizard is from five inches and a half to six inches and a half in length, of wliich the head occupies half an inch, and its colour and markings vary much. The general ground colour of the upper parts is a greenish-brown, with a ^^^-^. dark brown line down the middle of the back, which is often somewhat intemipted. A broad stripe or belt extends parallel with this on each side, commencing behind the eyes, and extending to a greater or less length dow^^ the tail; between this and the former are often one or more rows of black dots, and similar ones may occur on the lines. The under side of the body and base of the tail, in the male, are bright orange, spotted with black; in the female these parts, as well as the tail, are pale greyish- green, without spots. The other species of Lacerta, which may be seen frequently on the Continent of Europe, are the Green* and the Ocellatef Lizards, and the lively little Wall Lizard.:{: There are some species of Lacerta in Africa, and on that continent, in Lidia, and in Southern Europe, the genns Acanthodactylus is represented. Its species have the toes keeled beneath or fringed along their edges. Long-tailed, cylindrical-bodied Lizards are also found in the East Indies and in Africa, and they belong to the genus Tachydromus. The genus Oi)hiops contains Lizards without palatal teeth and eyelids, and
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