194 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE 
A small, slender form, with very pointed snout. Hind limb reaching the shoulder or 
the collar in the male, between the wrist and the elbow in the female. Frontonasal 
as long as broad oralittle longer; granules between the supraoculars and supraciliaries 
forming a complete series; masseteric disk moderate or small, or absent; 4 upper 
labials anterior to the subocular. Collar even-edged, composed of 7 to 10 small 
plates; 26 to 31 scales and granules in a straight line between the symphysis of the 
chin-shields and the median collar-plate. Dorsal scales round and flat, perfectly 
smooth, 51 to 56 across middle of body, 3 or 4 corresponding to a ventral plate. A 
transversely enlarged plate in front of the preanal. Scales on upper surface of tibia 
as large as or smaller than dorsals, feebly keeled. 16 to 21* femoral pores on each 
side. 28 or 29 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. Caudal scales strongly keeled. 
Greyish or pale yellowish brown above, with small darker markings; a more or less 
distinct dorso-lateral series of small light spots; lower parts white or yellowish, the 
outer row of ventrals with blue spots. 
Does not exceed a length of 57 mm. from end of snout to vent. 
This form, which is known only from the neighbourhood of Tiflis and Elizabethpol, 
agrees in most respects with the var. saxicola. Some of the characters given above 
are taken from Méhely’s description, as I have only examined two specimens, the 
first of which is one of the types of ZL. depressa, preserved in the Turin Museum, 
the second being figured on Pl. XXIII. fig. 1. 
Milis? = 5  c) 2 BB OA neue 10) Blears es 
Elizabethpol. . . », 58 56 80 8 27 18-17 29 
Measurements (in millimetres) :— 
3 Q. 
From end of snout to vent . . ... . 53 53 
33 3 fOTEM IMD gee eet Le 19 
Length ofthead 22 hii 2 ea ey Cae Pa 11 
Wadthyofiheadse-ya-e se are ao aes 7 7 
Wenth of heads... fee eee: Meee a 4, 5 
More limb = ac ues Launca ea ue een tee aL 18 
1ebtr( lt jemeeet fave a cae) Ge Gf oe on © ee 25 
OOU c,h ve Go A be 13} 
al te Ageoa ara WoL ecoregion cents ? 112 
Kessler gave the length of the type specimen as 46 mm. from snout to vent, tail 101. 
He regarded the very long tail as distinctive of L. portschinskii compared with 
L. muralis. 
* 20-22 according to Kessler. 
