Lacerta. 97 



The specimen in the British Museum differs in being of a pale 

 browuisli grey above, Avithout spots on the neck ; there are three ocelhir 

 spots on each side, the first and second with two superposed blue 

 centres ; posterior two thirds of tail reddish. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent ..... 133 

 „ ,, fore limb . .45 



Length of head 30 



Width of head 19 



Depth of head 17 



Fore limb ........ 45 



Hind limb 69 



Foot 38 



Tail . .• 250 



The type Avas obtained near Niriz, al)out 100 miles east of Shiraz, 

 S. Persia, at an elevation of about 'iOOO m., and is preserved in the 

 Calcutta Museum. It remained the only knoAvn t;pecimen until a 

 second, from near Shiraz, was presented to the British Museum l)y 

 Mr. H. F. Witherby. A young specimen, measuring 50 millim. from 

 snout to vent, from Sarchun, preserved in the Petrograd Museum, has 

 since been described l)y Mrhely. The head of this specimen is of course 

 shorter and the hind limb reaches the collar; frontal narrower and 

 with concave sides ; granules between the supraoculars and the super- 

 ciliaries 6-4 ; occipital as broad as but much shorter than the large 

 interparietal; femoral pores 15-16. Upper parts with small black 

 spots, irregularly scattered. It is possible that a female specimen from 

 Angora, noticed by Steindachner (Denksclir. Ak. Wien, Ixiv, 1897, 

 p. 696) under the name of L. viridis, belongs to this species, in which 

 case its range would extend to Asia Minor. Dorsal scales remarkablv 

 large, those on the sides distinctly smaller ; 38 scales across the body ; 

 11 femoral pores on each side ; pale blue above (in spirit). 



As i-ecognized by Bedriaga, L. jirinceps is more nearly related to 

 L. viridis than to any other species. 



5. LACERTA OCELLATA. 

 FORMA TYPICA. 



Lacerta viridis, part., Lacep. Hist. Nat. Quadr. Ov. i, p. 309, pi. xx 

 (1788). 



Lacerta oceUafa, Daud. Hist. Rept. iii, p. 1-25. pi. xxxii (1802) ; 

 M.-Edw. Ann. Sc. Nat. xvi, 1829, pp. 63, 82 ; Dugcs, t.c. p. 368, 



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