8 LACERTID^. 



millim. millim 



Total length 277 From end of snout to 



Head 21 vent 82 



Width of head 11 Fore limb 26 



From end of snout, to fore Hind limb 38 



limb 30 Tail 195 



Zanzibar. 



a-b. Ad Zanzibar. Dr. J. G. Fischer. (Types.) 



4. LACERTA. 



Lacerta, part., Linn. S. N. i. p. 359; Bum. 8f Bibr. v. p. 174; 



Bedriaga, Abh. Senckenb. Qes. xiv. 1880, p. 21. 

 Saps, part., Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 58. 

 Lacerta, WacjJer, Si/st. Amph. p. 154 ; Wiegin. Herp. 3Ie.v. p. 9 ; 



Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 30; Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 399; Lataste, Ann. 



Mus. Genova, (2) ii. 1885, p. 125. 

 Zootoca, TTayl. I. c. p. 155 ; Wiegm. I. c. 

 Podarcis, part., Wagl. I. c. 

 Podarcis, Wiegm, I. c. 

 Thimon, Tschudi, Isis, xxix. 1836, p. 551. 

 Teira, Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 18:58, p. 280, and Cat. Liz. p. 33. 

 Zootoca, part., Gray^ Cat. p. 27. 

 Thetia, Gray, I. c. p. 32. 

 Nucras, part., Gray, I. c. p. 33. 

 Atropis, Gluckselig, Lotos, 1831, p. 133. 



Head-shields normal. Nostril pierced between two or three nasals, 

 bordered hj the first upper labial, or separated from that shield by a 

 very narrow rim. Lower eyelid scaly, or with a small transparent 

 disk. Collar well marked. Dorsal scales much smaller than 

 caudals, not, or but feebly, imbricate ; ventral shields tetragonal, 

 feebly imbricate, smooth. Digits subcylindrical or compressed, Avith 

 smooth, tubercular, or indistinctly keeled lamellae inferiorly. Fe- 

 moral pores. Tail long, cylindrical. 



Europe ; Northern and Western Asia ; Africa north of the 

 equator. 



Synopsis of the S^jeciet. 



I. Lower eyelid scaly. 



A. Collar-edge distinctly serrated. 



1. Upper surface of tail with large spines. 



A single postnasal ; ventrals in 6 longi- 

 tudinal rows ; collar with serrated 

 edge 1 . ecMnata, p. 11. 



