4. LACERTA. 



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? Lacerta hieroglyphica, Bn-lholil, Ahh. Oes. Gotting. 1840, p. 52. 



Lacorta podarcis, Cara, Mini. Lac. !Sard. 1H72. 



muralis neapolitana, Bcdri(u/a, End. d. Farh. h. d. Eidechs. 1874, 



and Arch. f. ]\at. 1878, p. 285, and Bull. Sue. Zool. France, 1870, 



p. 202, pl."i.\. tig. 5. ^ 



niiimlis, vars., Elmer, Zool. S'fiid. Capri, ii. 



Podarcis tiligiierta, Caineruno, Atti Ace. Tor. xiii. 1877, p. 87. 

 Lacerta tauiica genei, Camer. Mon. Saur. Ital. p. 49, and Boll. Mus. 

 Zool. Tor. i. 1886, no. 7. 



The vars. albivcntris, Bp., lineafa, Bctta, campestris, Betta, cettn., 

 Cara, genei, Cara, acrulescens, Eimer, doderleini, Betta, latastii, Bedr., 

 viridiocellata, Bedr., &c. fall in this division. The melanotic vars. 

 cterulea and filfolensis, and perhaps also var. archipelagica, Bedr., 

 are descendants of tlie tiliguerta type. 



Size larger, head usually larger and less depressed, neck thicker 

 than in the typical form. Hind limb reaching the axilla in the 

 female. 50 to SO scales across the middle of the body ; as a rule, the 

 larger the specimen the more numerous the dorsal scales. Upper 

 parts green or greenish, uniform or spotted or marbled with black, 

 or with blackish and whitish streaks along the back ; usually a large 

 black ocellus with blue centre above the axilla; lower surfaces 

 usually immaculate. 



c?. 2- 



millim. millim. 



Total length 238 203 



Head 20 16 



^Yidthofhead ' 13 10 



From end of snout to fore limb .... 30 27 



From end of snout to vent 80 69 



Fore limb 28 22 



Hind limb 45 38 



Tail 158 134 



A large male specimen, with reproduced tail, measures 90 millim. 

 from snout to vent. 



Italy, Dalmatia, Greece, islands of the Mediterranean east of the 

 Baleares, Tunis, Asia Minor. 



Prof. J. J. Bianconi [P.]. 

 Florence Museum [E.]. 

 W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. [P.]. 

 Florence Museum [E.l. 

 Florence Museum [E.J. 

 Florence Museum [E.J. 

 W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. [P.l. 



Florence Museum [E.' 

 Florence Museum [E." 

 Florence Museum [E.~ 

 Florence Museum [E. 

 E. N. Smith, Esq. [P 

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