Lacerta. 



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Scales granular, romidish-hexagonal, more or less feebly keeled, 

 sometimes very faintly, 55 to 68 across the middle of the body ; 35 to 

 47 transverse series on the back correspond to the len<ijth of the head, 

 3 and 4 (rarely 4 throughout) to a ventral plate. Ventral plates in 

 25 to 28 transverse series in males, 27 to 30 in females. Preaual 

 plate moderately large or rather small, bordered l»y one or two 

 semicircles of small plates. 



Scales on upper surface of tibia finely granular, much smaller than 

 dorsals, more or less distinctly keeled. 18 to 24 femoral pores on 

 each side. 26 to 31 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. 



Upper caudal scales not or but slightly ol)lique, strongly keeled, 

 truncate or very obtusely pointed behind ; the whorls subequal in 

 length, the fourth containing 30 to 38 scales. 



Brown, yellow, or green above, with black or reddish-brown spots 

 or vei'miculations, usually ai'ranged in 5 or 7 more or less well-defined 

 longitudinal stripes, or with dark spots and vermiculations accompanied 

 by a narrow black vertebral streak, the dark markings sometimes 

 forming chains enclosing roundish light spots, much as in the type 

 specimen of the var. hispanica figured by Steindachner, or an irregular 

 reticulate pattern, or reduced to mere dots or vermiculations. Females 

 often with a light dorsolateral streak, beginning from the superciliary 

 edge, sometimes bordered by fine black lines, sometimes with a black 

 vertebral streak. Upper surface of head spotted or vermiculated with 

 black ; tail with dark and light markings, forming more or less regular 

 longitudinal series. Young with 6 light streaks on the body. Belly 

 yellow, orange, or red, without markings, except on the outer row of 

 ventral plates, which bear large blue spots and occasionally small 

 black ones in addition. 



The above description is taken from 79 specimens, all collected by 

 Sr. Bosca. and from 9 received from M. G. de Southoft' . 



Particulars of Specimens Examined. 



^ Iviza (type) 



