28 LACERTID.E. 



milliiu. niillim. 



Total length 153 182 



Head 19 16 



AVidth of head 13 10 



From end of snout to fore limb. ... 29 28 



From end of snout to vent 76 77 



Foro limb 26 24 



Hind limb 46 41 



Tail (reproduced) 77 105 



Greece; Crete. 



a-h. (5 2 • Moria. Dr. J. v. Bedriaga [E.]. 



11. Lacerta muralis. 



Zootoca muralis, Gray, Cat. p. 28. 

 Seps muralis, Lanr. Syn. Bept. p. 01, pi. i. tig. 4. 

 Lacerta muralis, Lichtenst. Verz. Boiibl. Mus. BerJ. p. 92 ; M.-Edw. 



Ann. Sc. Nat. xvi. 1829, pp. 67, 84 ; Dvqes, t. c. p. 380 ; Dvm. 



^- Bibr. V. p. 228; Schreih. Herp. Eur. p. 40S ; Bcdriaqa, Arch. f. 



Nat. 1878, p. 259, and 1879, p. 243, and BnU. Soc. Zool France, 



1879, p. 194, pi. ix., and Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1881, p. 95, and 



Abh. Senckenh. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 176. 

 Podarcis muralis, Wayl. Syst. Amph. p. 155; Bonap. Faun. Ital; 



De Bella, Alti Ace. Ver. xxxv. 1857, p. 147, atid Faim. Ital., Rett. 



Anf. p. 28, and Atti 1st. Ven. (5) iv. 1878, p. 389, and v. 1879, 



p. 387. 



Head rather long, more or less depressed. Eostral not entering 

 the nostril ; normally a single postnasal and four upper labials 

 anteiior to the subocular (often five anterior labials in vars. his- 

 jjanica and hedriagce); a series of granules between the supra- 

 oculars and the supraeiliaries ; occipital small or moderate ; temple 

 granular, usually with distinct masseteric and tympanic plates. 

 Gular fold more or less distinct ; 20 to 35 gular scales on a 

 line between the collar and the third pair of chin-shields ; collar 

 even-edged or, rarely, slightly serrated, composed of 9 to 11 

 plates. Dorsal scales granular, smooth or feebly keeled, laterals 

 a slarge or a little smaller ; 40 to 80 scales across the middle of 

 the body ; three to five lateral scales correspond to the length of a 

 ventral plate. Yentrals squarish, broader than long, in 6, rarely 

 8, longitudinal, and 25 to 32 transverse series. Pra\anal bordered 

 by one or two semicircles of small scales. Limbs rather elongate, 

 especially in the males, in which the hind limb reaches the shoulder 

 or beyond. Scales on upper surface of tibia smaller than dorsals. 

 Femoral pores 13 to 29. Tail usually about twice as long as head 

 and body ; caudal scales more or less distinctly keeled, with trun- 

 cate or very obtusely pointed posterior border. 



Central and Southern Europe, North-west Africa, Asia Minor, 

 Northern Persia, Syria. 



