188 SAURIA. 



agonal plates, with a central one rather larger than the 

 rest ; on the neck is a well-defined furrow ; the collar is 

 composed of from nine to twelve plates ; the neck above, 

 and on its sides and the back, are furnished with small 

 round, convex scales, closely pressed to each other ; those 

 on the sides of the body are four- sided, with the angles 

 rounded ; a line drawn across the back, from edge to edge 

 of the belly, contains from fifty-six to sixty scales ; the 

 ventral plates are in eight rows, the two outer being 

 shorter than the others ; pores from fourteen to twenty on 

 each thigh ; the caudal scales are long, narrow, and keeled ; 

 the tail is as long again as the rest of the body. The 

 upper parts of the body are olive, parts beneath whitish, 

 with a blue or green tinge ; the inside of the limbs and 

 the under part of the tail are reddish. In the male, on 

 the sides of the neck and body are confluent black zigzag 

 spots. In the females are two whitish or yellowish streaks 

 on each side of the back, with a number of black specks 

 between them ; the lower eyehd is scaly. 



Entire length, 8^ inches ; tail, 5i inches. 



Very common in the South of the Crimea, according to 

 Pallas, and in the Morea. Has been received from Corfu, 

 and the authors of the ^ Erpetologie Generale' found it in 

 Sicily, where its habits appeared to resemble those of the 

 L. muralis. 



Lacerta muralis. 



Lacerta muralis, Dum. et Bib. vol. v. p. 228; Sciiinz, Europ. Faun. 



vol. ii. p. 20. 

 Podarcis muralis, Buon. Faun. Ital. (figured). 



Desceiption. — Only one naso-frenal plate; the occipital 

 plate very small ; the length of the head is contained four 

 times in the space between the tip of the nose and the root 

 of the tail ; the palate generally is without teeth, but they 



