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** Ventral shields Q-roiued. Scales circular ^ granular. 

 The Smooth Lizard. Lacerta laevis, Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 



279. 



Greenish grey, beneath greenish white, front of legs black- 

 spotted ; dorsal scales roundish, 6-sided, convex ; Preanal shields 

 with an arched series of 6 rather large shields in front ; temple 

 mth a large central circular disk, with flat, rhombic, smooth scales 

 in front, and smaller, more convex ones behind. 



a. Adult, in spirits. Europe. 



*** Ventral shields 6-rowed ; dorsal scales elongate., keeled. 

 Throat-scales large., broad. Podarcis. 



The Green Lizard. Lacerta viridis, Liim. S. N. Petiv. Gaz. 

 t. 9b., f. 1. Daud. iii. 144, t. 34. Wolf. Deut. Faun. t. Dum. et 

 Bib. E. G. V. 210. Licht. Doiib. 92. Exped. Morea, Rept. t. 10, 

 /.I. L. varius, Edw. Ann. S. N. xvi. 64, 83, t. 4,/, 3. Duges, 

 Ann. S. N. xvi. 372, t. 15, /. 3. L. chloronata, and L. Serpa, 

 Rafin. Seps terrestris, Laur. Sf/n. 61, 166, ^. 3,/. 1. L. elegans, 

 Andrz. L. smaragdina, and L. bisiriata, Schinz, Rept. 99, t. 37, 

 /. 1,2. L. bilineata, Daud., Rept. iii. 152, t. 35,/. 1. 



Scales of temple inequilateral, many-sided, with a central lar- 

 ger one ; of back granular, oblong, with shelving sides ; throat- 

 fold distinct. 



. Var. 1. Green, white-speckled. 

 a. Adult, in spirits. Dalmatia. From M. Heckle's collection. 



" L. viridissima," Heckle. 

 b — d Adult, in spirits like a. S. Europe. From M. Heckle's col- 

 lection. 



••' L. chloronotus,'' Heckle, 

 e. Adult, in spirits. S.Europe. Presented by the Hon. A. Russell. 

 f—k. Adult, in spirits. Turin. Presented by Prof. Bonelli. 

 I. Very large, old, in spirits, not good state. Tail forked. S. 



Europe. 

 u, V. Young and old, in spirits. Jersey. Presented by A. Chris- 

 ty, Esq. 

 w. Adull, in spirits. Xauthus, Asia Minor. Presented by C. 

 Fellows, Esq. 



Var. 2. Green, black-varied, with a pale streak on each side. 

 L. bilineata, Daud. Rept. iii. 152, t. 2b., f. 1. 

 m — n. Adull, in spirits. Dalmatia. From M. Heckle's collection. 



Lac. Tiliguerta, Heckle. 

 — q. Adult, in spirits. Turin. Presented by Prof. Bonelli. 

 r — t. Adult, in spirits. S. Europe. 

 X. Adult, in spirits. Jersey. Presented by A. Christy, Esq. 



M. Bibron confounds Zooioca exigu^ and chali/bdea, which 

 have the preanal plates of a Nucras, and Lac. gracilis, with those 

 of an Eremias, with this species ! 



