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Lacertidse. 



kept distinct from that widely distributed form, althoui^h some speci- 

 mens are hardly distinguishable. 



Accoi'ding to Werner the Lissa lizard is never green — does not even 

 show a trace of green. Upper parts grey or coffee-colour, the dorsal 

 region unspotted or with dark brown spots or marblings, sometimes 

 separated from the much spotted lateral region by a light streak ; a 

 dark vertebral streak, formed of a series of spots, which does not 

 begin behind the occiput, but further back, about the middle of the 

 body ; in males the belly is red, without spots, except on the sides, 

 which bear large blue spots on the outer row of ventral plates ; in 

 females it is white. 



This description applies also to the lizards from Lagosta, except that 

 the upper parts may be green, that some among them may have the 

 dark vertebral streak originating on the nape, and that others have 

 the markings very indistinct. The blue spots on the sides of the belly 

 may occupy the whole outer series of shields, forming a continuous 

 broad band. 



Male specimens from Lissa, which I received alive through the 

 great kindness of M. G. de Southoff, had the nape and the anterior 

 part of the back light green, the upper surface of the head, the sides, 

 the limbs, and the tail brown ; two or three blue ocelli above the 

 shoulder; large blue spots on the outer row of ventrals, in one 

 specimen forming a continuous band ; throat and belly white, or 

 yellow tinged with orange. I have seen a few specimens (males) with 

 small black spots on the belly. 



Particulars of Specimens Examined. 



