362 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE VARIETIES OF 
The dorsal scales are sometimes distinctly keeled, sometimes quite smooth; 36 to 50 
transverse series correspond to the length of the head; the ventrals form 6 longitudinal 
series. 28 to 34 caudal scales in the 4th or Sth whorl behind the postanal granules, those 
on the upper surface strongly keeled. 21 to 29 scales under the fourth toe. The head 
(Pl. XXV. figs. 8 & 9) is often rather more depressed than in the Central-European 
specimens, and may remind one of L. bedriage from Corsica; its depth at the occiput 
equals in some specimens the distance between the tympanum and the posterior border 
of the eye, in others that between the tympanum and the centre of the eye. 
Out of 5 specimens from the Serra de Gerez, 2 have the parietal excluded from 
contact with the postocular!. 
The masseteric disk is often very small or absent. The markings vary much, but 
there is never any indication of a dark vertebral stripe; the light dorso-lateral streaks, 
if present, are closer together, or at any rate not wider apart, on the body than on the 
nape ; the sides, and often the whole of the body, may show a black network 
enclosing small roundish pale green spots; the lower parts are uniform, or but scantily 
spotted with black. 
Young specimens from Oporto (Gadow) and Cintra (Yerbury) may be referred to 
the same variety. 
Two specimens, male and female, from Galicia, collected by M. Seoane, are figured, 
Pl. XXIV. figs. 6 & 7, and the anterior part of the body of a spotted male from the 
Serra de Gerez, collected by Dr. Gadow, is represented on Pl. XXIV. fig. 8. 
Specimens from Lisbon agree with those from Galicia, except that the caudal scales 
are less strongly keeled. The scales are smooth or nearly so, and the masseteric disk 
is small or absent. 
us 2, 3. 4 5. 6. 
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OF Sp oh Rie aot ER en eee dS 60 30 9 23 16-18 
Or, i 2p) a Ee oO 55 30 10 29 19-18 
soettger (Sitzb. Akad. Berl. 1887, p. 185) also finds the Lisbon and Gerez 
specimens very similar, and describes the ground-colour as of a greenish grey. 
Specimens from Coimbra have been described by Bedriaga in 1890 (‘ Amphibiens et 
Reptiles recueillis en Portugal par M. A. F. Moller,’ p. 52). The femoral pores are 
stated to vary between 15 and 19. Unlike the Portuguese specimens examined by me, 
the tail does not equal two-thirds of the total, and the scales on the upper surface 
of the leg may be as large as those on the body. ~ 
» A young lizard from Ciudad Real (Bosca) in the Lataste Collection, which agrees well with the Serra de 
Gerez specimens, also shows this character. 
