160 Lacertidiv. 



sometimes longer, sometimes shorter, and usually broader than the 

 interparietal, from which it may lie se])arated'- by a short suture 

 formed by the parietals. Supraoculars iu contact with the superciliaries, 

 rarely one td three granules intervening between them ; the second 

 usually a little longer than the third, both broader than the posterior 

 part of tlie frontal ; 5 or (i (rarely 4) superciliaries, first or second 

 usually longest, the suture lu'tween the first and second usually 

 oblique, sometimes vertical. 



Rostral largely entering the nostril ; postnasal singlet ; two loreals, 

 first much shorter than second. 4 or 5 upper labials anterior to 

 the subocular,;]: the lower border of which is much shorter than the 

 upper. Usually rather larye, irregular shields cover the temple, often 

 exactly as in L. viridis ; sometimes the temporal lepidosis is as small as 

 in an average L. miirahs ; a more or less distinct masseteric shield ; 

 tympanic shield distinct, sometimes small ; a more or less enlarged 

 u]"»per temporal anteriorly, followed by 3 or 4 smaller shields. 



Pterygoid teeth strongly developed. 



28 to 34 scales and granules in a straight line between the symphysis 

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

 collar with even edge, composed of 9 to 12 plates. § 



►Scales on back juxtaposed, granular, round, suboval, or subhexagonal, 

 smooth or feebly or faintly keeled, on flanks towards the ventrals 

 larger, fiat and subimbricate, smooth ; 53 to 65 scales across the 

 middle of the body, 2 and 3 or 3 and 4 transverse series, on the sides, 

 corresponding to a ventral plate, 48 to 60 in the middle of the back 

 corresponding to the length of the head. Ventral plates in 6 longi- 

 tudinal series, subequal or the second series from the middle line the 

 broadest ; 28 to 33 transverse series (28 to 30 in males, 31 to 33 in 

 females). Preanal plate rather large, with 2 or 3 semicircles of 

 small shields or scales. 



Scales on upper surface of tibia as large as or a little smaller 

 than dorsals, distinctly keeled. 26 to 31 lamellar scales under 

 the fourth toe. 20 to 26 femoral pores on each side. 



Caudal scales truncate or very obtusely pointed behind, the upper 

 narrow and slightly oblique, or rather broad and more oblique, more 

 or less strongly keeled, the whorls equal or subequal in length ; 

 28 to 38 scales in the fourth or fifth whorl behind the small postanal 

 granules. 



* In 7 specimens ont of 19. 



t Two superposed postnasals in two female specimens (Morea and Kalamata). 



J 4 on both sides in 9 specimens, 4 on one side and 5 on the other in 9, 5 on 

 both sides in 2, one of which is the type of the species. 



§ Up to 14 according to Werner, I.e. 



