...measure to our own latitude. Its movements are beautifully gracile as well as rapid ; VIVIPAROUS LIZARD. it comes out of its hiding-place during the warm parts...in the sand to be hatched by the warmth of the sun, the female of the present species retains the eggs within the oviduct until the young are ready to...

...the warm parts of the day, from the early spring till autumn has far advanced, basking in the sun, turning its head with a sudden motion the instant...Dipterous order, though it will not refuse many of the Coleóptera or Orthoptera, if they be not too large. Instead of depositing her eggs in the sand to...

...with a sudden motion the instant that an insect comes within its view, and, darting like lightning on its prey, it seizes it with its little sharp teeth,...smaller insects, preferring those of the dipterous order (two-winged flies and gnats) though it will not refuse many of the coleoptera (or beetles), or the...