4. lACERTA. 39 



tlio middle of the body ; three or four lateral scales correspond to 

 the Icrifrth of a ventral plate. Ventral plales broader than Ion*;:, sul)- 

 eqnal, in <S lonptndiiial and 30 transverse scries. Two semicircles 

 of scales border tlie anal. The hind limb reaches nearly or qnite 

 the axilla. Scales on npper surface of crus smaller than dorsals. 

 Femoral pores 1(5 to ilO. Tail al)oiit twice as lonp: as head and 

 body ; npper caudal scales keeled, obtusely pointed posteriorly. 

 Olive-grey above, with four longitudinal series of black spots ; a 

 whitish streak along each side of the nape ; side with light spots ; a 

 large bluish, black-edged ocellus above the axilla ; lower surfaces 

 greenish white, the edges of some of the vcntrals black. 



millim. millim. 



Total length* 147 Fore limb 22 



Head 13-5 Hind limb 26 



Width of head 8 Tail (reproduced). . . 80 



Body 53-5 



North-western Persia, Talisch. 



a-b. $ . Rasano, Talisch. Hr. Leder [C.]. 



17. Lacerta Igevis. 



Lacerta Isevis, Gray, Cat. p. 31. 

 Lacerta loevis, Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 1838, p. 279 ; Giinth. Proc. Zool. 



Soc. 1804, p. 488 ; Buuleng. Froc. Zool. iSoc. 1881, p. 742 ; Bedriaga, 



Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 263. 

 Podarcis judaica, Camerano, Atti Ace. Tor in. xiii. 1877, p. 92, pi. ii, 



figs. 2-5. 

 Lacerta judaica, Bedriaya, Arch.f. Nat. 1880, p. 270; Boeitger, Ber. 



Senckenb. Ges. 1879-80, p. 172. 



Head rather strongly depressed ; snout rather long, obtuse. 

 Rostral entering the nostril ; two superposed postnasals ; five upper 

 labials anterior to the subocular ; a series of granules between the 

 supraoculars and the supraciliaries ; occipital at least as long as, and 

 broader than, the interparietal ; temple granular, with a large 

 masseteric disk ; tympanic shield present : a supratemporal shield 

 bordering the ])arietal anteriorly. Gular fold feebly marked; 19 

 to 23 gular scales on a line between the collar and the third pair 

 of chin-shields; coUar with even or very slightly serrated edge, 

 with 9 to 13 plates. Dorsal scales oval or hexagonal, juxtaposed, 

 keeled, 50 to 64 across the middle of the body ; three or four lateral 

 scales correspond to the length of a ventral plate. Yentrals much 

 broader than long, in 6 longitudinal series, the median pair nar- 

 rowest; 24 to 29 transverse series. Proeanal bordered by one or 

 two semicircles of small scales. The hind limb reaches the axilla 

 in the female, the shoulder or between the shoulder and the ear in 

 the male. Scales on upper surface of crus smaller than dorsals. 



* Dimensions after Bedriaga. 



