Stellio

" "Stellio," the grizzled Roman addressed his slave, "fetch fifty aurii from my money box."

Wagers of Sin Asprin, Robert 1996

A brief review of the origin and use of ‘Stellio’ in herpetology and a comment on the nomenclature and taxonomy of agamids of the genus Agama (sensu lato).

Harduns and toad-heads; a tale of arenicoly and over-looked convergence Darren Naish 2006

A number of lizard species (skinks, geckos, agamas) are characteristic for the mountain forests, among those Himalayan rock agama (Stellio himalayanus), legless glass lizard (Ophisaurus apodus), Asian snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus pannonicus).

Gissaro-Alai open woodlands 2008

A brief review of the origin and use of ‘Stellio’ in herpetology and a comment on the nomenclature and taxonomy of agamids of the genus Agama (sensu lato).

Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006

Skeeter took a few last bets, then spotted Stellio running toward him.

Wagers of Sin Asprin, Robert 1996

Stellio was a youth who ridiculed the goddess for the eagerness with which she was eating a bowl of porridge, when weary and faint in the vain search for her daughter.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

Memphio and Stellio, the fathers respectively of son Accius and daughter Silena, separately and craftily resolve to bring about by fraud the wedding of these two young people, for the reason that each knows his child to be weak-minded, and, believing his neighbour's child to be sound-witted and of good heritage, perceives that only deceit can accomplish the union.

The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne

The bite of the star-lizard, _Stellio vulgaris_, of Southern Europe, was also popularly believed to be poisonous.

Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Robert Means Lawrence

We find examples of this in the stories of Stellio and

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

The most common kind (_Stellio vulgaris_) does not exceed a foot in length, and is of an olive color, shaded with black.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857