T H E R I B B O N E D L I Z A R D.
L . Items, cauda tereti hng$$£orp90^jupr^tamojis '■ albis-.nigri^ue, fuhtus
' 'Affihis LJemmfcatee. CruraJkpr-aafbo nigro^reUiiata^dig^it^ttcuIaii:
confpitua. '* fquamce totius caudtipix
^ diJtinSie Jtmatp» fubferrUgine'£&ih
P f l i s Y s a very? elegantVpecie^ TBeAen|tfrof the animal is .
about fix inches and a halfi. and is^ d i^ ^ iflied b y h number
o f parallel ftripes,' or bands, o f b l a c k e d w^hlte; difpofed
longitudinally throughout the -whole iipp;?r^art *,
except that on '
the bafe ; I t h e t e m a in d e r b e ^ ^
In fome fpe^imens 'a t i n ^ o ^ j j S f
the back ; the lower part;o|the, fiojjggis of aJelfoWifc jh i t e ;
the tail is perfedlly round, fcf .af'great lengtli, and gradually
tapers,.to the extremity.
