98 BKITISH LIZARDS 



granular, usually with distinct masseteric and tympanic 

 plates. Gular fold more or less distinct ; 20 to 3 5 

 gular scales on a line between the collar and the 

 third pair of chin shields ; collar even-edged or, rarely, 

 slightly serrated, composed of 9 to 11 plates. Dorsal 

 scales granular, smooth or feebly keeled, laterals as 

 large or a little smaller; 40 to 80 scales across 

 the middle of the body ; 3 to 5 lateral scales cor- 

 respond to the length of a ventral plate. Ventrals 

 squarish, broader than long, in 6, rarely 8, longi- 

 tudinal, and 25 to 32 transverse series. Pre-anal 

 bordered by one or two semicircles of small scales. 

 Limbs rather elongate, especially in the males, in 

 which the hind-limb reaches the shoulder or beyond. 

 Scales on upper surface of tibia smaller than dorsals. 

 Femoral pores, 13 to 29. Tail usually about twice as 

 long as head and body ; caudal scales more or less 

 distinctly keeled, with truncate or very obtusely 

 pointed posterior border. 



" Central and Southern Europe, North-west Africa, 

 Asia Minor, Northern Persia, Syria. 



"(a) FORMA TYPICA. 



" Size comparatively small. Head usually rather 

 strongly depressed. The hind-limb rarely reaches the 

 axilla in the female. 40 to 65 scales across the 

 middle of the body; 3 or 4 lateral scales corre- 

 spond to the length of a ventral. Upper parts brown 

 or greyish, variously spotted, marbled, or streaked 



