Lacerta. 2VS 



thau dorsals. 18 to 26 femoral pores ou each side (usually 21-24). 

 26 to 33 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. 



Up[)or caudal scales truncate and very obtusely, very feebly, 

 diagonally keeled ; the whorls longer and shorter alternately ; 28 to 38 

 scales in the fourth whorl behind the postanal granules. 



Specimens identical in form and scaling differ very considerably in 

 the coloration. 



The form which has been referred to L. mural is fusca* is l)rown or 

 grey aliove, with small black spots, which may form two or three 

 longitudinal series on the back and reticulations on the side, the back 

 being separated from the side by a streak of the light ground colour, 

 which may be continued on the tail ; some specimens with very small 

 dark dots, or nearly uniform ; no very distinct markings ou the tail ; 

 lower parts reddish or whitish, unspotted. The largest specimen 

 measures 69 millini. from snout to vent. 



In the var. milensis, Bedriaga, the upper parts are pale brown, the 

 sides yellow or greenish yellow, with black marl)lings often forming 

 cross-bars ; blue ocelli above the shoulder. Belly bluish, with or 

 without large black spots, which may form longitudinal bands ; throat 

 often l)lack with round light spots. Werner's var. nigroynJaris, also 

 from Milos, differs in having a black vertebral stripe or series of 

 s[)ots. From snout to vent 57 millim. 



Bright green specimens, with the markings as in the specimens 

 described first and with or without a black vertebral stripe have l)een 

 referred by Bedriaga to L. nuiralis neapolitana. Belly white or orange. 

 The largest measures 71 millim. from snout to vent. 



Bedriaga observes that specimens from Tinos, Syra and Phanar are 

 green on the anterior part of the back, or only on the neck, and grey- 

 brown or greyish green on the rest of the back. In all these colour 

 variations, large blue or lilue-green spots are present on the outer row 

 of ventrals, or the whole of the outer ventrals may be ))lue. 



Var. erhardi, Bedriaga, from Seriphos, is described as similar to the 

 first variety, but with three or four yellowish green streaks on the 

 body, these streaks lemon-yellow on the neck ; the throat lemon- 

 yellow. 



And finally, Erliard describes two further varieties: (a) Black above 

 and beneath, with rows of green spots on the back (var. archipelagica, 

 Bedriaga). (fc) Keddish brown on the l)ack and tail, green on the 



* Also var. naxensis, Werner. The specimens before me are from Petali 

 (Bedriaga), Tenos (Bedriaga), and Naxos (Werner). These specimens often 

 bear a strong superficial resemblance to lizards of the var. quadrilineata, from 

 Coi'sica. 



