4. LACERTA. 37 



oculars and the supraciliarics : occipital shorter hut a little hroader 

 than the interparietal ; temporal scales granular : masseteric, su])ra- 

 temporal, and tymi)anic j'hitcs large, (iular iuld absent (or indi- 

 cated) ; gular scales very small, 33 to 38 on a line between the 

 collar and the third pair of chin-shields ; collar even-edged, with 

 II to 13 very small plates. Dorsal scales very small, flat, smooth, 

 roundish, juxtaposed, a little smaller on the sides, where four 

 correspond to the length of a ventral plate ; 62 to 70 scales across 

 the middle of the body. Ventral plates broader than long, subequal 

 in size, in G longitudinal and 27 to 29 transverse series ; additional 

 lateral plates very small, if distinct. Pra'anal plate bordered by one 

 or two semicircles of small plates. The adpressed hind limb reaches 

 the shoulder. Scales on upper surface of tibia nearly as large as 

 dorsals, feebly keeled. Femoral pores 22. Tail once and a lialf to 

 twice as long as head and body. Caudal scales truncate, upper 

 obtusely keeled. Greyish above, with small black dots and a dark 

 network enclosing lighter spots ; lower surfaces whitish (in spirit). 



.^- .2- 



millim. millim. 



Total length 170 1G2 



Head 15 13 



AVidth of head 10 9 



From end of snout to fore limb .... 27 22 



From end of snout to vent 60 62 



Fore limb 23 23 



Hind limb 33 32 



Tail 110 100 



Dalmatia. 



a. (^ . Curzola Island. Florence Museum [E.]. 



15. Lacerta danfordii. (Plate I. fig. 2.) 



Zootoca danfordi, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 818. 



Lacerta danfordi, Bcdn'af/a, Bull. Soc. Kaf. Muse. It^lQ, p. 30 ; Bou- 



leng. I'roc. Zool. Soc. 188], p. 741 ; Bechiat/a, Ahh. Seuckenh. Ges. 



xiv. 188G, p. 251). 

 oxvcephala, vars. modesta and maculata, part., Bedriaga, Bull. 



Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1881, p. 80. 

 grseca, Bedriaga, Ahh. Senckenb. Ges. xiv. p. 290*. 



Head rather strongly depressed ; snout long, obtusely pointed. 

 Eostral usually entering or touching the nostril ; two superposed 

 postnasals ; five upper labials anterior to the subocular ; a series of 

 granules between the supraoculars and the supraciliarics ; occipital 

 either as large as, or smaller than, or a little larger than, the inter- 

 parietal ; temporal scales granular ; masseteric plate usually absent, 

 if present very small ; a single supratemporal shield, bordering the 



* I have examined three Rpecimeris of the Greek form, one in Dr. v. 

 Bedriaga's, the two others in M. Lataste's collection. 



