250 Lacertichv. 



9), the suture between the first and second sometimes vertical, some- 

 times oblique; parietals 1} to If times as long as broad, often not in 

 contact with the upper postocular* ; occipital usually broader and as 

 long as or longer than the interparietal, sometimes fused with it or 

 separated by an additional shield ; anterior upper temporal some- 

 times large, sometimes broken up into scales ; temporal scales 

 granular, not much larger than dorsals ; tympanic shield present ; 

 masseteric shield moderately large, or small, or a])sent ; four or five, 

 rarely six upper labials t anterior to the subocular, the lower border 

 of which is not or but little shorter than the upper. 



26 to 39 scales and granules in a longitudinal line between the 

 symphysis of the chin-shields and the median collar-plates, usually 

 32 to 35 ; gular fold usually distinct. Collar with even edge, the 

 plates usually small, 7 to 13 in number, usually 9 to 12. 



Scales on body smooth, granular and feebly convex, roundish- 

 hexagonal and flat on the posterior part of the back, a little larger 

 on the back than on the flanks ; 58 to 78 scales across the middle of 

 the body, J usually 65 to 72 ; 30 ( 9 ) to 56 {^) transverse series, in 

 the middle of the back, correspond to the length of the head, 4 and 5 

 (rarely 4 or 3 and 4) on the side correspond to a ventral plate. Ventral 

 plates in 24 to 28 transverse series (in males as well as in females). § 

 Preanal plate rather large, with a single semicircle of small plates, 

 rarely with two. 



Scales on upper surface of tibia minute, smaller than dorsals, like- 

 wise smooth; 19 to 27 femoral pores on each side,|| usually 22 to 25. 

 26 to 31 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. 



Caudal scales longer and shorter in alternate whorls, the upper 

 feebly keeled, sometimes even nearly smooth, truncate behind ; 28 to 

 40 scales in the fourth or fifth whorl behind the postanal granules. 



Grreyish, yellowish brown, dull green or bright green above, with a 

 more or less developed wide-meshed brown or black network, or blackish 



* In contact in 20 cases out of 56. As Mehely has attached a great import- 

 ance to the condition of the shield in his classification, it is worth mentioning 

 that this lizard does not differ in any way, in this respect, from the var. 

 iiliguerta. 



t 5 on each side in 7 specimens, 4 on each side in 6, 4 on one side and 5 on 

 the other in 15, 6 on each side in one. 



X 62-84 according to Mehely. 



§ According to Mehely, the median or the outer plates may be exceptionally 

 divided, making 8 longitudinal rows instead of 6. 



II Up to 29 according to Mehely. — The pores sometimes as small in males as 

 in females. 



