192 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE 
1 2. 4. 5. 6 7 
Helenendorf (Bedriaga Coll.) . . g 62 52 28 8 27 20-22 31 
Katar, Armenia (Lyons Mus.) . . 2? 46 58 29 9 4 21-18 28 
Trebizond? (type of L. depressa) g 68 60 26 11 31 22-21 27 
(Turin Mus.). 
Trebizond ? 3 Oe eeOlemeo 8 32 18 26 
Erdshias Dagh, Asia Minor . . . , 56 52 24 12 25 19-17 2 
Oilician Taurus’ 4) © 57s 2s Jae elOr Osea Celle 230) 19 27 
In form similar to the typical Z. muralis, or rather to the var. brueggemanni, but 
head more depressed as a rule, its depth not exceeding the distance between the centre 
of the eye and the anterior border of the tympanum; snout as a rule more pointed 
than in var. chalybdea and less than in var. portschinshii. 
Hind limb reaching the shoulder or the collar in males, the axil, or the elbow of the 
adpressed fore limb in females; foot longer than the head. 
Head-shields as in var. chalybdea, but rostral not rarely in contact with the fronto- 
nasal, granules between the supraoculars and the supraciliaries nearly always forming 
a complete series, and masseteric disk smaller as a rule * ; the supratemporal is usually 
in contact with the fourth supraocular, but the degree of emargination of the antero- 
lateral border of the parietal is very variable, some specimens + not differing in this 
respect from a typical L. muralis; frequently five upper labials anterior to the 
subocular. 23 to 32] scales and granules between the chin-shields and the collar, 
which is not serrated and is composed of 8 to 12 plates. 
Scales on body granular, round or roundish-hexagonal, smooth or faintly keeled on 
the posterior part of the back, 50 to 65 across the middle of the body, 34 to 51 
corresponding to the length of the head, 3 or 4 to one ventral plate. Preeanal plate 
bordered by one or two semicircles of smaller plates, sometimes preceded by a 
transversely enlarged plate. 
Scales on upper surface of tibia as large as or a little larger than dorsals, more or 
less strongly keeled. 16 to 22 || femoral pores on each side. 25 to 31 lamellar scales 
under the fourth toe. 
Caudal scales forming alternately longer and shorter whorls, the two median dorsal 
series more or less distinctly enlarged; these scales truncate and more or less 
diagonal, strongly keeled, the outline on the side more or less distinctly serrated, 
but far less than in var. rudis; 22 to 28 scales in the fourth or fifth whorl behind the 
postanal granules. 
Some specimens are green above, others are grey or brown, the variation in this 
* Absent in specimens from Rasano and Katar. 
+ From Shuska and Erdshias Dagh. 
t Exceptionally 37 according to Méhely. 
§ 49 to 67 according to Mchely, 
|| 16 to 25 (usually 18-22) according to Mé¢hely, 
