32 LACERTADA. 
brought forwards and the anterior placed backwards, par- 
rallel to the side of the body, the hinder toes do not extend 
further than to the wrist of the anterior ones; in which 
respect it differs remarkably from the other species. In 
this, as in others, however, the abdomen of the female is 
proportionally larger than that of the male. The third and 
fourth toe of the fore foot are nearly of equal length; Mr. 
Jenyns says the former is the longer, but in some specimens 
the reverse is the case. The plates of the head* are similar 
in their general form and proportions to those of most 
others ofthe genus. The nostrils are placed near the outer 
or inferior margin of the nasal plates, and nearly half-way 
between the anterior and posterior margins. The frontal 
plate is elongate pentagonal; the anterior angle obtuse; 
the lateral margins parallel, but slightly contracted about 
the middle; the inter-parietal pentagonal, and with a de- 
pressed point in the centre; the occipital very small. The 
upper eyelid with a series of very minute scales, and the 
whole surface of the lower covered by similar ones; the 
space between the eye and the auditory passage covered 
with plates, of which the two superior, lying immediately 
under the parietal, are much the largest. The scales of the 
upper parts of the body are round or polygonal, and slight- 
ly, though distinctly, carinated. The abdominal plates in 
six rows, the middle series narrower than the adjoining 
ones. Pre-anal plate single, of a broad pentagonal form ; 
the anterior margin bordered by four pairs of plates. 
Femoral pores varying in number from eight to fifteen on 
each side. In the specimen figured at page 30, there are 
eight on one side, and nine on the other. The pores are 
in this species placed in flat triangular scales; whilst in 
* See the figure in page 21. 
