316 Lacertidse. 



in proportion ; first siipraooulai* often* in contact witli the frontal ; 

 parietal rarely in contact with the upper postocularf ; occipital usually 

 as long as and broader than the interparietal, sometimes much broader 

 and longer, though always narrower than the froutalt ; 6 to 8 super- 

 ciliarios, first us\uilly longest. Of the two superposed postnasals, the 

 upper is divided into two in one specimen ; first loreal sometimes as 

 long as second, sometimes shorter. 5 anterior upper labials, rarely 6§ ; 

 lower border of subocular usually but little shorter than the upper, 

 but sometimes much shoiier ; supratemporal sometimes very small ; 

 no masseteric shield. || 



26 to 33 scales and granules between the chin-shields and the collar, 

 which is composed of 9 to 12 plates. 



Scales smooth or faintly keeled on the posterior part of the body,^ 

 52 to 61 across the body.** Ventral plates constantly in 6 longitudinal 

 series and in 25 to 30 transverse series. 



Preanal plate rather large, bordered by one or two series of scales ; 

 the granules between the anal plate and the anal cleft, believed to be 

 characteristic of L. dan/ordii and L. anatoUca, as often presentff as 

 absent. 



Caudal scales truncate, not or but slightly oblique, the upper with 

 obtuse keels bordered on each side, in the posterior two-thirds of the 

 scale, by a more or less distinct depression or groove++ ; apical pits 

 very distinct ; the Avhorls usually not very unequal in length, sometimes 

 nearly equal; 30 to 40 scales in the fourth or fifth Avhorl. 27 to 32 

 lamellae under the fourth toe. 20 to 28 (usually 21 to 24) femoral 

 pores on each side.§§ 



Grey, brownish, or olive above, uniform on the back, or with blackish 

 dots or rather large blackish spots irregulaidy disposed or forming two 

 moi'e or less i-egular longitudinal series from the occiput to the base of 



* In 6 specimens out of 12 exammed by me ; in S out of 10 examined by 

 Mehely. 



t In 5 eases out of 2-t. 



I Sometimes smaller than the interparietal according to Schreiber. 

 § In 2 cases out of 24.. 



I I Exceptionally present, ^\Zc Schreiber. 



*\ More distinctly keeled in a male from Kambos than in any of the typical 

 L. danfordii. 



«* 48 to 65, fide Mehely. 



ft In 6 specimens out of 12. 



^X This peculiarity, which is to lie found, though less marked, in some 

 specimens of the typical L. danfordii, is convej'ed, in a somewhat exaggerated 

 form, by Mehely's figure 7 on pi. xiii. 



§§ In one of the specimens (one of Bedriaga's types) there are a few addi- 

 tional pores, forming a second series. 



