4. LACEKTA. 17 



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median dorsals. Usually a ■well-developed additional series of 

 ventrals, making in all eight longitudinal rows. Femoral pores 15 

 to 20. Young olive above, usually witli three or five yellowish 

 longitudinal streaks, the lowermost of which, extending from axilla 

 to groin, is often replaced by a series of round spots. These bands 

 usually disappearing in the adult, which are green on the body and 

 limbs, uniform or finely speckled with black ; upper surface of head 

 vermiculated with black ; lower surfaces yellow, the outer ventrals 

 often speckled with black ; throat never blue. 



A- 2- 



millim. millim. 



Total length 415 350 



Head 36 26 



Width of head 27 17 



From end of snout to fore limb . . 62 42 



From end of snout to vent ...... 155 115 



Fore limb 49 37 



Hind limb 83 61 



Tail 260 235 



Dalmatia, Turkey, Greece, Asia Minor. 



a. (^ . Dalmatia. Dr. Heckel. 



b-c. c?. Greece. 



d. 2 ■ Svra (?). 



e-f. S Schcrr. Rhodes. C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 



g, h-m. 2 & yg. Crete. Baron v. Maltzan [C.]. 



n. (S . Asia Minor. C. Fellows, Esq. [P.]. 



o-r. Yg. Smvrna. 



s. J. ZebilBulgar Dagh, Cili- C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 



ciau Taurus, 4000 feet. 



D. Tar. strigata. 



Lacerta strigata, Gray, Cat. p. 32. 

 Lacerta strigata, JEichiv. Zool. Spec. Soss. Pol. in. p. 189, and Faun. 

 Casp.-Cauc. p. 70, pi. x. figs. 4-6; Anders. Proc. Zool. Sac. 1872, 

 p. 372 ; Blanf. Zool. E. Pers. p. 364. 



quinquevittata, Menetr. Cat. Rais. p. 61. 



viridis, Kessler, Tr. St. Petersh. Nat. Soc. viii. 1878, p. 146 ; 



Boettg. Ber. Senckenb. Ges. 1879-80, p. 170, and in Padde, Faun. 

 Flor. Casp. Geh. p. 39. 



, var. strigata, Bedriaga, Abh. Senckenb. Ges. t. c. 



p. 91. 



Size moderate. A series of granules between the supraoculars 

 and the supraciliaries ; occipital small, much shorter than the 

 interparietal ; tympanic shield distinct. 40 to 48 scales across 

 the middle of the body ; dorsals strongly keeled. Only six longi- 

 tudinal rows of ventrals. Femoral pores 16 to 20. Young 

 greenish or olive, spotted or marbled with black, and with three or 

 five light dorsal streaks, which may disappear completely in the adult ; 

 these may be closely dotted with black, as certain specimens of the 



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