4. LACERTA. 27 



niillim. millim. 



Total length 154 170 



Head 14 14 



AVidth of head 9-5 9 



From end of snout to fore limb .... 22 23 



From end of snout to vent 5G 63 



Fore limb 20 20 



Hind limb 32 32 



Tail 98 107 



Crimea, Balkan peninsula, island of Tino, 



a. 2- Crimea. St. Petersburg Miis. [E.]. 



b-c. 2 & hgr. Sebastopol. St. Petersburg Mus. [E.J. 



d. J. Constantioople. 



10. Lacerta peloponnesiaca. 



Lacorta peloponnesiaca, L'ibr. i/i Bory de St. Vine. E.rped. Sc. Mor., 

 Bept. p. U(i, pi. X. fig. 4 ; Bodriacja, Zool. Anz. 1883, p. 210, and 

 Ahh. Scnchenb. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 315, pi. — . fig. 13. 



muralis {non Laiir.), Bib?: I. c. figs. 2, 3. 



taurica, part., Dum. i^- Bibr. v. p. 225 ; Schreib. Herp. Eui-. 



p. 419. 



Podarcis taurica, Be Betta, Rett, ed Anf. d. Gracia, p. 35. 



Lacerta taurica, var. peloponnesiaca, rathkei, et maculataj Bedriaga, 

 Bull. Soc. JSat. Mosc. 1881, p. 83. 



Snout moderately long, obtuse. Rostral entering the nostril ; one 

 or two postnasals ; usuallj' four i;pper labials anterior to the sub- 

 ocular ; supraoculars in contact with the supraciliaries ; occipital 

 (usually) smaller than the interparietal ; temple covered with large 

 flat scales ; masseteric, supratemporal, and tympanic shields dis- 

 tinct. Gular fold indicated (or absent) ; gular scales small, 28 

 to 32 on a line between the collar and the third pair of chin- 

 shields; collar even-edged, with 11 or 13 plates. Dorsal scales 

 small, convex, smooth, roundish, juxtaposed, not smaller on the 

 sides, where three correspond to the length of a ventral plate ; 

 54 to 57 scales across the middle of the body. Ventral plates 

 broader than long, in six longitudinal series, the median pair 

 a little narrower than the others ; 28 to 32 transverse series ; 

 additional lateral plates very small. Prasanal plate bordered by 

 two semicircles of small plates. The hind limb reaches the collar 

 in the male, the shoulder in the female. Scales on upper surface 

 of tibia a little smaller than dorsals, smooth. Femoral pores 21 

 or 22 (18 to 22). Tail at least twice as long as head and body ; 

 caudal scales truncate, upper moderately keeled. Greenish above, 

 with blackish spots or longitudinal streaks (or blackish, with whitish 

 longitudinal streaks) ; lower surfaces whitish, immaculate. 



