SPECIFIC CHARACTERS OF BRITISH LIZARDS 95 



tudinal series of white, black-edged ocelli ; no light 

 vertebral streak, lower surfaces whitish, immaculate. 

 Adult female, brown or greyish above, the vertebral 

 zone darker than the sides of the back, with large 

 dark brown spots with a central white shaft or round 

 spot ; usually the larger spots form 3 longitudinal 

 series on the body ; belly cream-coloured, with or 

 without black spots. Male, during the breeding 

 season, green on the sides and lower surfaces, rarely 

 also on the back ; sides black-dotted, usually with 

 lighter ocelli ; lower surfaces more or less abundantly 

 spotted with black. A form is distinguished by the 

 unspotted reddish-brown or brick-red back {L. rubra). 



Total length . . . . 



Head 



Width of head 



From end of snout to fore-limb 

 From end of snout to vent 

 Fore-limb . . . . 

 Hind-limb . . . . 

 Tail 



" South of England ; Northern, Central, and Eastern 

 France ; Belgium ; Holland ; Switzerland ; Germany ; 

 Austria ; Denmark ; Sweden ; Eussia. 



" Lacerta viridis, the Green Lizard. 



" Head moderate ; snout moderately long, obtuse. 

 Eostral usually touching or entering the nostril ; 



