Catesby, Mark. Vol.II, Tab. 67,The Blue Tail Lizard, Custard-Apple

Mark Catesby The Blue Tail Lizard, Custard-Apple, Vol.II, Tab. 67 Etching with hand color 19" x 14" sheet From Volume II, Part 9 of Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands London: 1739 - 1771 Currently known as the common five-lined skink, Plestiodonfasciatus and pond-apple, Annona glabra*, Catesby described these subjects as follows: LACERTUS CAUDA CAERULEA. The Blue-Tailed Lizard. This Lizard is usually small, seldom exceeding six Inches in Length, the Head short, the Tail is blue, the rest of the Body brown; except that from the Nose runs five yellow Lines at equal Distances, along the Back to the Tail. They are seen often on the Ground, and frequent hollow Trees. Some People suspect them to be venomous, tho' I never heard of an Instance to confirm it. They are found in Virginia and Carolina. ANONA fructu viridi laevi, Pyri inversi forma. This Shrub grows usually to the Height of about ten or twelve Feet, the Branches grow with Bendings, at the Dista