Lacerta. 



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the body, which is marked with small black and whitish spots ; a series 

 of black spots along each side of the back, witliiu the dorsolateral 

 light streaks or series of spots ; two or three large blue, black-edged 

 ocelli above the axil ; except for the absence of a dark vertebi-al streak 

 on the nape, the markings of this female are very similar to those of 

 certain specimens of L. imrva, and they are obviously derivable from 

 them. Throat and belly bluish, with small black spots on the outer 

 ventrals ; anal region, thighs and lower surface of tail reddish. A 

 dark streak along each side of the tail, on the base of which the dark 

 and light dorsal mai-kiugs are continued. 



Young greyish above, the sides with a blackish network enclosing 

 round white spots ; two series of vermicular black markings along the 

 back ; two large blue, black-edged ocelli above the axil. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



Particulars of Specimens Examined. 



(^ Ardebil, Persia 



? „ „ . 



„ Easano, Talisch 



Columns as on p. 175. 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 



66 54 28 23 9 18-19 25 



58 53 29 25 7 18 26 



55 50 30 25 9 19-18 26 



Habitat. — Known onlv from North-Western Persia and the neisrh- 

 bouring Transcaucasian Province of Talisch. The type specimens are 

 from Basminsk, between Tabriz and Teheran. M. Lantz's specimen* 

 are from a salt lake near Ardebil. 



I regard L. hrandtii as one of the most primitive members of the 

 L. muralis group, which it connects with L.parra. Among the species 

 with two superposed postnasals it agrees with L. hwis in having teeth 

 on the pterygoids, but differs in the temporal lepidosis, in the smaller 

 occipital, in the 8 (or 10) rows of ventrals. and in the shorter toes. 



