11 -J Lacertiche. 



I*. 433; Bedriaga, Abli. Senck. Ges. xiv, 1886, p. 314; Bouleng. 

 Cat. Liz. iii, p. 42 (1887); Steind. Ami. Hofinus. Wieii, vi, 1891, 



].. •2;»4. 



Not unlike L. jachsonii in form and lepidosis. Head If to 1| times 

 as long as broad, its depth equal to the distance from the centre of 

 the eye to the tympanum, its length 3| to 4 times in length to vent 

 in males, 4 to 4J- times in females; snout rather pointed, as long as 

 the distance from the eye to the tympanum. Pileus 2 to 2^ times as 

 long as broad. Neck as ])road as or broader than the head. The hind 

 limb reaches the axil or the shoulder in males, the elbow or the 

 axil in females. Foot 1 to l.| times length of head; digits slt-uder, 

 compressed. Tail cylindrical, H to 2 times length of head and body. 



Nostril pierced between three shields only. Suture between the 

 nasals ^ to i length of frontonasal, which is broader than long and 

 broader than the interna rial space ; pi'efrontals forming an extensive 

 suture* ; frontal as long as its distance from the nasals or from the 

 rostral, li-to 1| times as long as broad, naiTower in the young, as 

 V)road as or a little broailer than the supraoculai's ; parietals li or 1^ 

 times as long as liroad, in contact with the upper postocularf ; 

 occipital usually as long as or longer than the interparietal and broader 

 than the latter.; Four supraoculars, first and fourth small, second a 

 little longer than thii'd ; 5 or 6 superciliaries, suture between the 

 first and second very oblique ; a complete or incomplete series of 

 rather large granules, 5 to 10 in numbei", l)etweeu the supraoculars 

 and the superciliaries. Eostral not touching the nostril ; a single 

 postnasal, iisually as large as the anterior loreal, which is about half as 

 long as the second: 4 upper lalnals anterior to the subocular, which 

 is usually much narrower beneath than above ; 3 to 5 upper 

 temporals, the last the longest§ ; the rest of the temple covered with 

 small scales, which are granular above and larger in front and below ; 

 a narrow tympanic shield usually present ; 3 to 5 projecting pointed 

 lol)ules on the anterior border of the ear. 



Pterygoid teeth present. 



Gular scales imbricate, 23 to 27 in a straight line between the 

 symphysis of the chin-shields and the median collar-plate ; gular fold 



* Unless separated by a small azygos shield (as in a female from the 

 Haria Valley). 



t Except in one female from Lanzarote. 



X Sometimes three times as large as the iuterimrietal, according to 

 Steiudachner. 



4 The reverse of the u.sual state of things. 



