Lacerta. 297 



21 to 26 '' gular scales in a straight line between the srmphvsis of 

 the chin-shields and the meiian collar-plate, these scales stronglr 

 increasing in size towards the coUar : gular fold more or les« 'iistinct : 

 collar eTen-edge«i or rery slightlv serrated, comp>se>l of 7 to 10 

 plates. 



Dorsal scales rhombic-heiaironaL more or less •iistinetly keeled, 

 juxtapose<l or subimbricate : laterals a little snial]«-, feeblv and 

 diagonally keeled or nearlr smooth. 37 to 48 scales across the middle 

 of the bodv ■*• : 23 ( 5 J to 3-3 ( J ) scales, in the middle of the baek, 

 corresponding to. the length of the head, 2 or 3 on the sides corre- 

 sponding to a ventral plate. Ventral plates in 8 longitadinal soies, 

 the second series on each side from the median line moch broader tban 

 the others, the outer series composed of renr narrow plates : 23 to 25 

 transverse series in males, 27 or 28 in females. J Preanal plate large, 

 with one or two semicircles of smaller plates, one of the median 

 of which is more or less enlarged, and mav be described as a second 

 preanal. 



Scales on upper surface of tibia smaller than dorsals, strongly keeled. 

 22 to 26 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. 16 to 21 femoral pores 

 on each side.f 



Upp<er caudal scales oblique, strongly keele«L with tmneate or very 

 obtusely p:>inted posterior border : the whorls akoTiately longa- and 

 shorter : 26 to :52 scales in the fourth or fifth whorl behind the post- 

 anal granules. 



Br<>wn above, sometimes more or less srreenish al»ve in life, with 

 small black spots irregularly disposed : sides darker, with 4 or 5 seies 

 of white, black-edged <:«celH, the upper series very regular and ertending 

 from the outer e«lge of the parietal shield to the hase of the tail : 

 a large black spot on each upper labial : limbs with small ocellar spots. 

 Lower parts bright yellow, or belly bluish green, in life (whitish or 

 bluish in spirit) : belly sometimes with large black st<»ts. or with small 

 black spots on the sides. Tail with small dark and liirht sp:»t» above, 

 the dark s{M>ts sometimes disposed quincuncially. 



* Up to 2S acccidiiig to Degoi and Stentf eld. 



+ 32 to 39 according to Peraeca and St^nfeld ; up to -^ aeeordin^ t-. Ivsr^n. 



t 23 to 23 in male;, 24 to 2S in females, aeeording to P<»acea, De^n and 

 Stemfeld. 



§ 14 to 20 according to Peiaeea and Stemfeld. 



; "^ I saw once or rvioe greok-lieaded and bmi« or less gxeen-faicted Hatids 

 ran np on the trunks c^ Ih^ eedar ti«esw I had anfoxtiiBat4^ no bkabs of 

 securing them, but I have no dv>nbt that they were Jackson's Liiards ~ 

 (L^mberg, Lc. 1911^. The varistic-n in oolour is therrfor? exactly as in 

 L. Monkg^ster, which may be pre^-iselv similar in its markings. 



