V A R I ' e 'G A T - E D L I Z A'R'D^ _i
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Lftcerta caudaiang^ c'driftatay {coTpweMaeuli^tnf^^edfis vaiirs'i
’ Lizard* wifrfi lc ng-c mnatcdf^lf.(&?bod\ trariK eft£l> xarlegatV^^--
This L i^ d sa'ppr%£h^lb' extremely; -nedrj$0.:, tlie:>Lacerta
,Monitor:}of- Linnaeus, ok Monitoiy; Lizard-, ^ s j'to make it
^doubtful whether ^lt he ngt in. - r e a l i t y i^At y^q f - ;chat
-fp'fecfes.' The 0od^|^S^6u^ 15 inches- in length, and the
^oihfide/ahljp lon'ger: ' The fialiiin.al ||sA of a black
‘colour, ‘ vlrie^^cF with yellow marts and ftreaks ?Bff differ-;
ent ffiapfes^'and running ih'a^icnffenfe- dlre^ion. On the
^e^^are. tran'fv’erfe rouftds‘^qt% dandg^n the tail
broad alternate bars'of black and yHlotvV'h In;dbme* specimens
the yellow was much paler'than- in others^,and nearly
whitilh.
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