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LACERTA MURALIS IN WESTERN EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA, 
22 to 25 transverse series of gular scales; collar entire, with 9 or 10 plates. Dorsal 
scales (Pl. XXV. fig. 15) large and flat, smooth or faintly keeled, larger than those 
on the sides, which are larger than those on the upper surface of the tibia, 5 or 6 of 
the former corresponding to 8 of the latter; 46 to 50 scales across the middle of the 
body, 27 to 34 transverse series corresponding to the length of the head}. Ventral 
plates in 28 or 29 transverse series, some of which may contain § plates. Femoral 
pores 17 to 20. 23 or 24 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. 28 to 30 caudal scales 
in the front whorl behind the postanal granules, the upper truncate and very feebly 
keeled ; the whorls very markedly longer and shorter alternately. The hind limb 
reaches the wrist or the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. 
The following are the particulars of the three female specimens :— 
1 2: 3. 4, 5. 6. 
Spain . 76 50 28 10 25 18-17 
Serra Estrella EecheRy Slow 47 29 9 25 19-20 
Galician memes. aio ets ve et 162 46 28 9 22 17 
Greyish or pale olive above (in spirit), with large black spots forming two series 
along the middle of the back; sides darker, bordered above by a series of black spots 
or by a black wavy streak enclosing light round spots; a few dark ocelli with lght 
centres may be present above the shoulder and axilla; lower parts whitish or greyish, 
with or without scattered black dots on the belly and under the hind limbs. 
Measurements (in millimetres) :— 
From snout to vent 76 62 62 
eF 5 MONS Innit) 6 pe oo Be. ee 22 24 
Mmengunmoishead) aetna cern) LO 15 15 
iWadthrofheadt "ees 5 as os CLT 10 10 
Ie GEN G 2 6 of 6 oO OFC 7 6 7 
ore limbs ta eee Pl lal ce RR 20 PA 
Eid elimibiat seen, 5), coos us) 1 OD 31 31 
ROotiar ees Ae ony oe os Le ae Uy/ W/ 
Figures are given on page 566 of the upper aspect of the head of the largest 
female specimen from Spain, in one of the types of L. horvathi Méhely, and that of a 
‘ These scales are strikingly similar to those of LZ. horvathi, which, according to Méhely, number 40 to 46 
across the middle of the body. In a specimen which Prof. v. Méhely has kindly sent me, the scales number 43 
across the middle of the body, and 31 transverse series of dorsal scales correspond to the length of the head ; 
the Professor kindly informs me that the statement made by him that 10 to 12 transverse series of dorsal 
scales correspond to the length of one centimetre is the result of a lapsus, 18 to 22 being the right nnmber. 
The scales are represented as much too large in the figure of Z. horvathi given in the Hungarian journal 
* Allattani Kézlemények,’ iii. 1904, pl. y. 
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