ALLIED TO LACERTA MLTEALIS. 79 



as broad, its depth, in the tympanic region, equal to the distance between the centre 

 or the posterior corner of the eye and the anterior border oi' the tympanum ; snout 

 pointed, as long as postocular part of head ; cheeks moderately swollen in the male ; 

 length of pileus 2 to 2^ times its widtii. Neck at least as broad as head. Ilind limb 

 reaching the axil or the shoulder in the male, the wrist or the elbow in the female ; 

 foot as long as or a little longer than the head. Tail cylindrical, flattened, and with 

 a median dorsal groove at the base, 1^ to a little over 2 times as long as head and 

 body. 



Nostril between the nasal, oiip or two postnasals, and the first upper labial, the rostral 

 being always excluded. Nasals separated from each other, the rostral forming a more 

 or less extensive suture wiih the frontonasal * ; prsefrontals forming a median suture. 

 Krontal usually as long as its distance from the rostral, sometimes a little longer or a 

 little shorter, Ig to 1§ times as long as broad, usually broader, behind, than the 

 supraoculars. Parietals 1^ (young) to If times as long as broad, not in contact with 

 the upper postocular. Occipital much shorter than and as broad as or a little broader 

 than the interparietal. The two major supraoculars, which are equal in length or the 

 first slightly the longer, separated from the superciliaries by a usually complete series 

 of granules f ; first supraocular small, never in contact with the frontal; fourth also 

 sinall and iu contact witli the anterior upper temporal;};. 6 or 7, rarely 8 <J, super- 

 ciliaries, first largest, the suture between first and second usually vertical, rarely 

 oblique. 



Usually two superposed postnasals || ; anterior loreal sometimes as long as second, 

 usually shorter. As often 4 as 5 upper labials anterior to the subocular ^, the lower 

 border of which is not or but slightly shorter than the upper. Temporal region with 

 small or rather large granular scales ; masseteric shield usually lar^e, oval or elliptic, 

 rarely small; tympanic present; a large upper temporal, well visible from above, 

 usually followed by one or two smaller shields. 



No pterygoid teeth in the few specimens examined. 



23 to 30 (usually 25 to 27) scales and granules in a straight line between the sym- 

 physis of the chin-shields and the median collar-plate ; gular fold very indistinct or 

 totally absent. Collar not serrated, composed of 7 to 10 plates (usually 9), which 

 may be very small. 



* There are, however, rare excci)tions, according to Sehreiher. 



t According to iSchreibor, the series may sometimes bo reduced to a few granules. I have mj-self scon a 

 8])ccimen (I)almatia, Ijedriaga Collection) with only 4 granules on one side and 5 on the other. 



X " Fast immer," /trie 8chreiher. § Or H, according to Meliely. 



II Schreiher, who has examined more than 60 specimens, regards a single postnasal as very exceptional. 

 It is therefore remarliable that out of 12 specimeus received from Prof. Kolombatovic, 5 have a single 

 jjostnasal. 



II Out of 24 cases, I find 12 with four labials and 12 with five. Mohely finds usually five, often four, 

 rarely six. 



