4. LACERTA. 41 



iiiillim. millim. 



Total length 472 From end of snout to 



Heafl 38 vent 152 



Width of head 27 Fore limb oG 



From end of snout to Iliud limb 90 



fore limb G5 Tail 320 



Arabia. 



a-b. S <S: yg- Near Muscat. A. S. G. Jayakar, Esq. [P.]. 



19. Lacerta galloti. 



Zootoca dorbiana, Gray, Cat. p. 29. 



galloti, part., Gray, I. c. p. 30. 



Lacerta galloti, Dimi. tS" f>i''>: v. p. 288 ; Boeity. Abh. Senckcnb. Ges. 

 ix. 1874, p. 174; Jiedriaya, Arch. f. Kat. 1879, p. 325; lioukny. 

 Proc. Zool. Hoc. 1881, p. 740 ; Bedriaya, Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xiv. 

 1886, p. .301. 



Head moderately dejiresscd ; snout long, obtuse. Eostral not 

 entering the nostril; a single postnasal ; five upper labials anterior 

 to the subocular; a series of granules between the supraoculars and 

 the supraciliaries ; occipital, in the adult, longer and broader than 

 the interparietal; temporal scales granular ; masseteric and tympanic 

 shields distinct; no large supratemporals, Gular fold indicated; 

 40 to 46 gular scales on a line between the collar and the third 

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

 composed of 9 to 13 small plates. Dorsal scales very small, 

 roundish-rhomboidal, juxtaposed, obtusely keeled, 84 to 96 across 

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

 the length of a ventral shield. Yentrals in 12 or 14 longitudinal 

 and 29 to 31 transveri^c series. Pra>anal small, bordered by two or 

 three semicircles of small plates. The hind limb reaches the 

 shoulder or the collar. U])per crural scales smaller than dorsals. 

 Femoral pores 23 to 31. Tail at least twice as long as head and 

 body : upper caudal scales truncate, strongly keeled. Olive-grey 

 or dark olive above, with black and pale greenish spots ; females 

 and young with two light, black-edged longitudinal streaks on each 

 side. Lower surfaces olive or blackish in the adult, paler in the 

 j-oung ; throat, in the young, with angular grey bands converging 

 forwards. A more or less distinct black band and a few whitish 

 spots on the hinder side of the thighs. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 305 277 



Head 30 28 



Width of head 24 19 



From end of snout to fore limb .... 52 48 



From end of snout to vent 115 112 



