40 ME. G. A. BOULENGEE ON LIZAEDS 



Habitat. Steppes of Eastern x\sia Minor, from Eski-Shihir to Kaisarieh. I am 

 indebted to M. H. Gadeau de Kerville for the privilege of examining a good series of 

 specimens recently obtained by him in the district of Angora, where this lizard occurs 

 together with the far commoner Opldops elegnns, some individuals of which are 

 strikingly similar to Lacerta parva in their proportions, coloration, and general 

 appearance. The species is also reported from Transcaucasia (L. Goksha), but the 

 identification of the specimens requires confirmation, and it is quite possible that the 

 report is due to confusion with another form,, intermediate between Z. parva and 

 L. hrandtii. 



II.— THE SPECIES ALLIED TO LACEETA 2IURALIS. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Normally a single postnasal *• 



A. Pterygoid teeth constantly, or nearly constantly, present. 



A series o£ granules between the supraoculars and the superciliaries 



(rarely reduced to 2 to 5) ; collar serrated ; caudal scales more or 



loss pointed behind L. taurica Pall. 



(Tranules between the supraoculars and the superciliaries absent (rarely 



1 to 3) ; collar not serrated ; caudal scales truncate or very obtusely 



pointed behind L. i^elopnnnesiaca VA\>r. 



B. Pterygoid teeth absent, with rare excef.tions; collar entire or feebly serrated, ran-ly 



strongly serrated. 



A parietal foramen t ; dorsal scales, il: distinctly hexagonal and keeled, 

 not larger than the laterals ; ventral plates in 6 (exceptionly 8) 

 longitudinal series L. mumlis Laur. 



A jiarietal foramen ; dorsal scales more or less distinctly hexagonal 

 and keeled, larger than the laterals ; ventral plates in G longitudinal 

 series ; collar distinctly serrated; 21 to 32 lamellar scales under the 

 fourth toe L. Morogaster Blgr. 



No parietal foramen; ventral plates in 8 longitudinal series ; collar not or 



but slightly serrated ; 22 to 26 lamellar scales under the fourth toe L. jacksonii Blu-r. 



II. Normally two superposed postnasals % ; collar not or but feebly serrated. 

 A. Pterygoid teeth constantly or nearly constantly present. 



Ventral plates in 8 longitudinal rows ; masseteric shield present ; 50 to 

 55 scales across the middle of the body, smooth ; 25 or 26 lamellar 

 scales under the fourth toe L. hrandtii De Fil. 



* Exceptions rather frequent in L. muralis, var. hedriagce. 



t Indicated externally by an impression or a light dot in the centre of the interparietal shield. 



% Exceptions rather frequent in L. mosorensis. 



