Lacerta. 249 



those to which Mehely has appealed in 1909 iu order to justify the 

 specific rank of L. bedriagie. 



Var. BEDEIAG^. 



Lacerta oxycephala, part., Duni. & Bibr. Erp. Gc'n. v, p. 235 (1839) ; 

 Bedriajra, Arch. f. Nat. 1880, p. 250, pi. xi. 



Podarcis oxycephala, Bonap. Icon. Faun. Ital., Amf. (1840). 



Lacerta oxycephala, var. reticulata, Bedriaga, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 

 1881, p. 82. 



Lacerta oxycephala, var. hedriacjiv, Camerauo, Zool. Anz. 1885, 

 p. 418, and Mon. Saur. Ital. p. 48 (1885). 



Lacerta hedriagee, Bedriaga, Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv, 1886, p. 28 i; 

 Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torin. xx, 1905, no. 519, pi. — ; Schreib. Herp. 

 Eur., ed. 2, p. 887 (1912). 



Lacerta niuralls, var. hedriagu', Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 34 (1887), 

 Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii, 1905, p. 411, pi. xxiii, fig. 5, pi. xxviii, fig. 8. and 

 pi. xxix, fig. 7, and xx, 1913, ]>. 151, fig., pi. xviii, fig. 8. 



Lacerta reticulata (non Schreib.), Mchely, Ann. Mus. Hung. vii. 

 1909, p. 476, pi. xvi, figs. 7-9, and pi. xvii, figs. 1-9. 



Head about 1^ times as long as broad, much depressed, the occipital 

 region flat or slightly concave, its depth equal to the distance between 

 the posterior border of the eye and the tympanum, its length 3i to 

 3| times in length to vent in males, 4 to 41 times in females ; cheeks 

 much swollen in the males ; snout more or less pointed, not longer 

 than the postorbital part of the head. Pileus 2 to 2| times as long as 

 broad. Neck as broad as or a little broader than the head. Body and 

 limbs rather stout, much depressed. Hind limb reaching the shoulder, 

 the collar, or a little beyond in males, the axil or the shoulder in 

 females. Tail rather strongly depressed at the l)ase, 1 .V to slightly 

 over 2 times as long as head and body. 



Rostral shield not touching the nostril ; nasals forming a short or 

 very short suture behind the rostral, rarely separated from each 

 other*; sometimes two superposed postnasals f; frontal as long as 

 its distance from the end of the snout, or a little longer, or con- 

 siderably shorter ; a usually complete series of granules between the 

 supraoculars and the superciliaries.;J; which number 6 or 7 (rarely 8 or 



* In 3 specimens out of 28 examined liy mc, in 2 specimens out of 21 examined 

 by Mehely. 



t In 8 cases out of 56 examined by me, in 3 cases out of 42 examined by 

 ilehely. 



X In o cases the first superciliary is in contact with the second supraocular. 



