88 



3 Rhodes 



„ N.W. of Ispahan 



Columns as in the preceding tables. 



The young atbirtli measures 37 millim. from suout to vent, tail 65. 



Habitat. — The range of the var. major extends from Dalmatia to 

 Greece, the Ionian Islands, the Archipelago, Asia Minor, and N.W. 

 Persia. Whether the specimens from Roumania (Dobrudja) referred 

 to it by Kiritzescu, Bui. Soc. Sc. Bucur., x, 1901, p. 305, do not belong 

 rather to the var. strigata, I cannot tell for certain in the absence of a 

 detailed description ; but the fact that the Bulgarian form pertains 

 to the latter has induced me to refer Kii'itzescu's var. major to the 

 synonymy of the var. strigata. 



Var. WOOSNAMI. 



Lacerta viridis, var. strigata (non Eichw.), Bouleng. Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xxvii, 1899, p. 378 ; Werner. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. xix, 1903, 

 p. 341. 



Lacerta viridis, var. woosnaini, Boiileng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) 

 xix, 1917, p. 277, figs. 



The head is comparatively short, though not more so than in many 

 specimens of the typical form, its Avidth, in adult males, being 

 contained If to 1^ times in its length. Occipital ^ to | the length of 

 the interparietal, not or but slightly broader than the latter. 2 to 8 

 granular scales between the supraoculars and the superciliaries. 

 Rostral just touching the nostril ; second loreal not or but slightly 

 in contact with the second upper labial. Temple with 12 to 20 

 shields,''' with a large or very large masseteric, which, in two specimens, 

 extends from the upper temporal to the upper labials ; the tympanic 

 is well developed and, with one exception, in contact with the upper 

 temporal. 



Dorsal scales rliombic and strongly keeled, considerably larger than 

 the laterals, the lower of Avhich are smooth or faintly keeled ; 38 to 43 

 scales across the middle of the body ; 20 to 26 transverse series, in the 

 middle of the back, correspond to the length of the head. Ventral 

 plates in 6 longitudinal and 24 to 28 transverse series (24 to 27 in 

 males, 27 or 28 in females). 17 to 20 femoral pores on each side. 25 

 to 27 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. Upper caudal scales 



* Or as few as 9 aecordins; to Werner. 



