12 LACERXID^. 



2. Lacerta ocellata. 



Lacerta ocellata, Gray, Cat. p. 30. 

 Lacerta ocellata, Daud. Rept. iii. p. 12o, pi. xxxii. ; M.-Edw. Ann. 



Sc. Nat. xvi. 1829, pp. 0-3, Qi ; Diujh, Ann. Sc. Nat. xvi. p. 368, 



pi. XV. ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; Diivern. R. A., Rept. pi. xii. ; Dmn. 



4- Bibr. T. p. 218 ; De Betta, Faun. Ital, Rett. Anf. p. 20 ; Schreib. 



Herp. Eur. p. 423 ; Lataste, Herp. Gir. p. 65 ; Bedriaga, Arch. f. 



Nat. 1879, p. 310 ; Camerano, Mon. Sauri Ital. p. 79 : Bedriaga, 



Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 39. 



janiaicensis, Daud. I. c. p. 149. 



lepida, Daud. I. c. p. 204, pi. xxxvii. Mg. 1. 



Thimon oceilatus, Tschudi, Isis, 1830, p. 551, 



Lacerta seuegaleii.^is, Grag, Ami. N. H. ii. 1838, p. 279. 



marg-aritata, Schinz, Eur. Faun. ii. p. 14. 



ocellata, var. iberica, Seoane, Ident. de Lacerta Schreiberi, 



^■c. p. 8. 



Head very large in the male ; snout moderately long, obtuse. 

 Rostral entering the nostril ; two regularly superposed postnasals ; 

 normallj" four upper labials anterior to the subocular ; supraoculars 

 usually separated from the supraciliaries by a series of granules ; 

 occipital very large, as broad as or broader thau the frontal, 

 broader than the interparietal ; temples covered with irregular, 

 rather large scales ; no enlarged scale on the anterior border of the 

 ear ; two large temporal shields in contact with the parietal. Gular 

 fold absent or scarcely indicated; 24 to 38 gular scales on a line 

 between the collar and the third pair of chin-shields ; collar with 

 serrated edge, composed of 9 to 13 plates. Dorsal scales small, 

 roundish-rhomboidal, very feebly keeled, very slightly larger on the 

 sides, where three or four correspond to the length of a ventral 

 plate; 62 to 78 scales across the middle of the body. Yentral 

 plates broader than long in 8 or 10 longitudinal series, the second 

 series on each side from the median ventral line the largest ; 28 to 

 35 transverse series. Praeanal plate bordered by two to four 

 semicircles of small plates. The hind limb reaches the axilla or 

 the shoulder. Femoral pores 11 to 16. Tail about twice as long 

 as head and body ; caudal scales keeled, with obtusely pointed 

 posterior border. Green above, with black dots or network, 

 or blackish olive with yellowish network ; sides with large blue 

 spots or oceUi ; lower surfaces uniform greenish yellow. Young 

 olive above, covered all over with white or bluish black-edged ocelli, 

 the black sometimes forming irregular cross bands on the back. 



c?.. ?. 



millim. raillim. 



Total length 610 413 



Head 60 34 



Width of head 44 24 



From end of snout to fore limb . . 84 56 



From end of snout to vent 210 138 



