2Q LACEETID^. 



fore limb 16 Tail 77 



Cis- and Transcaucasia. 

 a-c. (5 & ligr. Sukum Kaleh. St. Petersburg Museum [E.]. 



9. Lacerta taurica. 



Zootoca taurica, part., Gray, Cat. p. 29. 

 Lacerta taurica, Pal/as, Zooyr. Ross.-As. iii. p. 30 ; HatJike, 3Iem. 



Sav. Mr. Ac. St. Petersb. iii. 1887, p. 302, pi. ii. tigs. 1-4 ; Demidof, 



Vol/. Puss. Mer. iii. p. 387, pi. i. figs. 1,2; Kessler, Tr. St. Petersb. 



Nut. Soc. viii. 1878, p. 163; Buulem/. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 740; 



Bedriaga, Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 320, pi. — . fig. 28. 

 taurica, part., Dinn. 8f Bibr. v. p. 225 ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. 



p. 41t>. 

 Podarcis taurica, Bonait. Faun. Ital. 



Head moderate ; snout moderate, obtuse. Eostral touching the 

 Dostril ; a single postnasal ; a single anterior lorcal ; four upper 

 labials anterior to the subocular ; a series of granules between the 

 supraoculars and the supraciliaries ; occipital nearly as broad as and 

 shorter than the interparietal ; temple covered with moderate-sized 

 irregular scales ; tympanic and usually also masseteric shields dis- 

 tinct. Gular fold distinct. 21 to 23 gular scales on a line between 

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

 edge, composed of 7 or 9 plates. Dorsal scales small, oval-hexa- 

 gonal, juxtaposed, keeled ; lateral scales larger, smooth, two or three 

 corresponding to the length of a ventral plate ; 50 to 55 scales across 

 the middle of the body. Yentrals in 6 or 8 longitudinal series, 

 the second series on each side from the median line the largest ; 

 28 to 33 transverse series. Prasanal shield bordered by two or three 

 semicircles of smaller scales ; usually an enlarged shield in front of 

 the prseanal. The hind limb reaches between the elbow and 

 the shoulder. Foot longer than the head. Femoral pores 17 

 to 20 (15 to 22). Tail once and two thirds to once and three 

 fourths the length of head and body ; upper caudal scales strongly 

 keeled, pointed posteriorly. Yertebral zone and flanks green ; 

 dorso-lateral regions brownish, with large black spots and a light 

 streak extending from the outer edge of the parietal ; another, 

 more or less distinct, light streak from ear to groin ; lower surfaces 

 uniform whitish. 



