Lacerta. 



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Columns same as on p. 114. For Measurements, see p. 126. 

 The largest male on record measures ] 35 iiiillim. from snout to vent, the largest 

 female 126 millim. 



Habitat. — Teneriffe and La Palma, Canary Islands. The reported 

 occurrence of this species in Madeira and at Mogador has not been 

 confirmed. 



9. LACEETA STEHLINI. 



Lacerta siinonyi, part., Steind. Ann. Hofnius. Wien, vi, 1891, p. 290 ; 

 Siel)eur. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, ciii, i, 1894, p. 249. 



Lacerta ijalloti, var. stehlini, Schenkel, Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel, xiii, 

 1901, p. 187. 



Similar in size and proportions to L. ocellata. Head 1 : to 1^ times 

 as long as broad, its depth equal to the distance from the anterior 

 border of the eye and the tympanum, its length about 4 times in 

 length to vent ; snout obtusely pointed, as long as postocular part 

 of head ; cheeks strongly swollen in males. Pileus 2 to 2J^ times as 

 long as broad. Neck narrower than the head. The hind limb reaches 

 the axil in males, the axil or the elbow of the adpressed fore limb 



