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specimens of each are at hand. In all the varieties the scales are 

 more or less distinctly keeled, except in some specimens of the var. 

 albiventris. 



Var. fiumana, Wern. Rostral usually enterintf the nostril, or 

 narrowly separated from it ; 44 to 58 scales across the body (usually 

 48 to 53) ; 16 to 24 femoral pores (usually 19 to 22) ; 22 to 29 

 lamellar scales under the fourth toe (usually 24 to 27) ; head of to 

 4| times in length to vent in males ; hind limb reaching axil or 

 shoulder in males. Size small — 50 to 68 millim. from snout to vent. 

 — East Coast and islands of the Adriatic. 



Var. Itssana, Wern. Rostral usually entering the nostril ; 51 to 

 60 scales across the body ; 20 to 25 femoral pores ; 24 to 31 lamellar 

 scales under the fourth toe ; proportions as in the preceding. From 

 snout to vent 52 to 66 millim. — Lissa and Lagosta Ids., Adriatic. 



Var. melisellensis, Braun. Rostral usually entering the nostril, or 

 narrowly separated from it ; 50 to 64 scales across the body ; 21 to 

 27 femoral pores (usually 22 to 24) ; 25 to 30 lamellar scales under 

 the fourth toe (usually 27 or 28) ; occipital often much reduced or 

 separated from the interparietal ; head 3^ to 4^ times in length to 

 vent in males : hind limb reaching shoulder or collar in males. From 

 snout to vent 50 to 74 millim. — Islets near Lissa.* 



Var. serpa, Raf. Rostral usually entering the nostril, or narrowly 

 separated from it ; 50 to 67 scales across the body (usually 57 to 

 63) ; 18 to 23 femoral pores (usually 19 to 22) ; 27 to 33 lamellar 

 scales under the fourth toe (usually 28 to 30) ; head 3| to 4 times 

 in length to vent in males ; hind limb reaching collar or between collar 

 and ear in males. From snout to vent 57 to 72 millim. — Sicily. 



Var. campestris, De Betta. Rostral often entering the nostril, or 

 narrowly separated from it ; 50 to 67 scales across the body (usually 

 53 to 62); 15 to 24 femoral pores (usually 17 to 22); 23 to 30 

 lamellar scales under the fourth toe (usually 25 to 29) ; head 3-^- to 

 4 times in length to vent in males; hind limb reaching shoulder, 

 collar, or a little beyond in males. From snout to vent 52-82 millim. 

 — East Coast of the Adriatic, Italy, Corsica. 



Var. albiventris, Bp. Rostral very rarely touching the nostril ; 55 

 to 78 scales across the body (usually 63 to 75) ; 19 to 28 femoral pores 



* From remarks made by Schreiber in the second edition of his Herpetologia 

 Europaea 1 conclude that the black lizard of St. Andrea, near Lissa, is not the 

 same as that from Melisello (see var. albiventris). 



