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LACEKTID^. 



Lacerta viridis, Boettger, Zeitschr. Ges. Naturtc. (3) iv. 3879, p. 505. 



, var. gadovii, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1884, p. 438, 



pi. xxxviii. ; Bedriaga, Ahh. Senckenb. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 74. 

 , var. schreiberi, Bedriaga, I. c, p. 76. 



Api)roaching L. occUata. Granules between the supraoculars and 

 the supraciliaries usually reduced to three or four ; occipital ratlier 

 large, usually broader than the interparietal ; no distinct tympanic 

 shield. Dorsal scales smaller, less distinctly hexagonal, less strongly 

 keeled than in the typical form ; 52 to 58 scales across the middle 

 of the body ; lateral scales larger than median dorsals. Usually 

 8 well-developed rows of ventrals. Femoral pores 12 to 17, usually 

 13 or 14. Young olive or brownish above, with large yellow or 

 bluish-white, black-edged ocelli on the sides of the head and body. 

 These ocelli often disappear in the adult, which are green or brown 

 above, variously spotted or reticulated with black. Lower surfaces 

 yellowish, immaculate in the young, often with round black spots 

 in the adult. Thi'oat blue in the adult. 



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mmim. milliin. 



Total length 260 287 



Head 23 22 



Width of head 16 15 



From end of snout to fore limb . . 36 36 



From end of snout to vent 90 97 



Fore limb 30 33 



Hind limb 46 47 



Tail 170 190 



k?pain and Portugal. 



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Coruiia. 



Serra de Gerez. 



M. V. L. Seoane [P.]. 

 Dr. H. Gadow [C.]. 



Coimbra. Dr. H, Gadow [C.l. 



Serra de MouchicLue, Algarve. Dr. H. Gadow [C. 



(Types of var. gadovii.) 



C. Var. major. 



Lacerta viridis, Bibr. Sf Bonj de St. Vine. Exped. Sc. Morce, Zool, 

 p. 66, pi, X. fig. 1 ; Bedriaga, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1881, p. 74. 



quinquevittata {^lon Men.), Eriiard, Faun. Cgcl. i. p. 80. 



Tropidosaura algira {non L.), Eriiard, I. c. 



Lacerta viridi.s, vars. punctata at trilineata, part., Bedriaga, Abh. 

 Senckenb. Ges. t. c. 



A larger form, attaining nearly to the size of L. ocellaia. Con- 

 stantly a series of granules between the supraoculars and the supra- 

 ciliaries ; occipital usually as broad as or a little broader but shorter 

 than the interparietal ; temporal scales smaller than in the typical 

 form usually with a very distinct tympanic shield, 50 to 58 scales 

 across the middle of the body, the laterals not larger than the 



