18 



LACERTID^. 



typical form and of var. C ; belly yellowish, often dotted with black 

 on the sides. 



millim. 



Total length 395 



29 



Head 



Width of head 21 



From end of snout to fore limb . 50 



From cud of snout to vent .... 125 



Fore limb 42 



Hind limb 71 



Tail 270 



millim. 



2(56 

 19 

 13 

 31 

 89 

 28 

 45 



177 



Transcaucasia, Persia, Asia ]\Iinor, Syria. 



a. 2. 



b. Yg. 

 c-d. J. 

 e-f. Hgr. 



g. 6. 



Elisabeth pol. 



Jerusalem. 



Merom. 



Lake Phiala, under 



Mount Hermon. 

 Eastern slope of 



Mount Hermon. 



St. Petersburg Mus. [E.]. 

 Canon Tristram [C] 

 Canon Tristram fC." 

 Canon Tristram [C' 



Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 



Bedriaga (Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xiv. 18S6, p. 100) distinguishes 

 also a var. vaillanti from Persia (?). 



4. Lacerta princeps. 



Lacerta princeps, Blanf. Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. (4) xiv. 1874, p. 31, and 

 Zool. E. Persia, p. 364, pi. xxiv. ; Bedriaga, Abh. Senckenb. Ges. 

 xiv. 1886, p. 123. 



General proportions as in L. viridis. Rostral touching the nostril ; 

 two regularly superposed postnasals ; an anterior loreal, in contact 

 ■with the frontonasal ; a few granules between the supraoculars and 

 the supraciliaries ; occipital nearly as long as, and much broader than, 

 the interparietal, as broad as the frontal ; temples covered with flat 

 scales ; two large temporal shields in contact with the parietal ; 

 masseteric and tympanic shields distinct. Collar with serrated edge, 

 composed of seven plates. Scales on the neck above and at the 

 sides granular, passing gradually on the shoulders into the sub- 

 imbricate, equal, rhomboidal, diagonally keeled scales of the back; 

 lateral scales rather smaller than dorsals, not keeled ; about 34 

 scales across the middle of the body. Ventral plates in 8 or 10 

 longitudinal rows ; 31 transverse rows. Prajanal plate slightly 

 larger than the others. 14 femoral pores. The hind limb, laid 

 forwards, extends about four fifths of the distance to the axil. 

 Tail more than twice as long as head and body, with all the scales 

 keeled. Olivaceous grey above, whitish below ; a few small black 

 spots on the back and sides of the nock, and a row of three or four 

 blue ocelli (those in front double), with black margins, behind, each 

 shoulder, extending in a line for a short distance down each side ; 



