4. L.VCERTA. 29 



A. Forma typica 



Seps niuralis, Law. I. c. 



Lacerta muralis, Lafr. Rcpt. i. p. 229 ; Giur. Icon. R. A., Rept. pi. v. 

 fiij-. 1 ; Strauch, Erp. Aly. p. 33 ; Fatio, Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 92 ; 

 Leijdi<J, Deutschl. Saw. p. 22.') ; Blanf. Zool. E. Persia, p. .301 ; 

 Lataste, llerp. Gir. p. 71 ; Kessler, Tr. St. Pctcrsb. Nat. Soc. viii. 

 1878, p. 152 ; Camerano, Man. Saur. Ital. p. 30. 



maculala, Baud. Rept. iii. p. 208, pi. xxxvii. fig. 1 ; Risso, Hist. 



Nat. Eur. Mir. iii. p. 8(). 



agilis, Baud. I. c. p. 211, pi. xxxviii. fig. 1 ; Risso, I. c. 



bronguiardii, Baud. I. c. p. 221. 



fusca, part., Baud. I. c. p. 237 ; Me7T. Tent. p. GG. 



lateralis, Merr. I. c. p. 67. 



uierroniia, Risso, I. c. 



fasciata, Risso, I. c. p. 87. 



saxicola, Eversm. Nouv. Mem. Soc. Nat. 3Iosc. iii. 1834, p. 349, 



pi. XXX. fig. 1. 

 Podarcis muralis, Tschudi, Neic Benkschr. Allgem. Schioeiz. Ges. i. 

 1837, art. 4, p. 34 ; Massahngo, Erp. Pop. p. 25 ; Camerano, Atti 

 Ace. Torin. xiii. 1877, p. 94. 

 Lacerta grammica {non Licht.), Rathke, Mdm. Sav. Etr. Ac. St. 



Petersb. iii. 1837, p. 303. 

 Podarcis defilippii, Camerano, Atti Ace. Tor. xiii. 1877, p. 90, pi. ii. 

 Lacerta melisellensis, Braim, Arb. Zool. Inst. Wiirzb. iv. 1877, p. 49, 

 and Zool. Anz. 188G, p. 42G. 



portschinskii, Kessler, Tr. St. Petersh. Nat. Soc. viii. 1878, 



p. 160, pi. i. 



muralis fusca, Bedriaga, Arcli.f. Nat. 1878, p. 267. 



miiralis, var. defilippii, Boettger, in Radde, Faun. u. Flor. Casp. 



Geb. p. 44. 



The varieties named rvhriventris,'Q-^.,Jlaviventris,'^?i?>&dX.,cuprei~ 

 ventris, Massal., rasquineti, Bedr., jiaviunduta, Bedr., Corsica, Bedr., 

 milensis, Bedr., erhardti, Bedr., i^ersica, Bedr., hocagei, Seoane, &c., 

 and the melanotic meliseUensis, Braun, should also be grouped under 

 the typical form. 



Size comparatively small. Head usually rather strongly de- 

 pressed. The hind limb rarely reaches the axilla in the female. 

 40 to 65 scales across the middle of the body ; three or four lateral 

 scales correspond to the length of a ventral. Upper parts brown or 

 greyish, variously spotted, marbled, or streaked with blackish ; lower 

 surfaces white, yellow, pink, or red, uniform or (in males) more or 

 less largely spotted with black ; outer ventrals frequently blue. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 187 180 



Head 16 13 



AVidth of head 11 9 



From end of snout to fore limb .... 25 22 



From end of snout to vent 62 62 



Fore limb 23 ' 20 



Hind Hmb 35 30 



Tail 1:^5 118 



