192 Lacertidie. 



usually not iu contact with the anterior large supraocular, forming an 

 extensile median suture ; frontal as long as or a little shorter than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, 2 to 2J times as long as broad, a 

 little narrower behind than in front ; parietals longer than broad, 

 obliquely truncate behind ; interparietal rhombic, as large as or 

 smaller than the frontoparietals, separating the parietals ; occipital 

 absent, very rarely pi-esent.* Two large supraoculars, preceded and 

 followed by small keeled scales, the anterior as long as or a little longer 

 than its distance from the second loreal ; 4 superciliaries, first longest 

 and forming a very oblique sutui'e with the second ; a series of small 

 scales between the supraoculars and the superciliaries. Lower nasal 

 broadly in contact with the rostral ; postnasal small, between the 

 upper and lower nasals ; anterior loreal shorter than the second ; 5 to 

 7 upper labials to below the centre of the eye ; subocular not reaching 

 the mouth, resting on the fourth to sixth, fourth to seventh, or fifth to 

 eighth upper labials. A A^er}' large and strongly keeled upper temporal ; 

 temporal scales rather large, rhombic, subimbricate, strongly keeled ; 

 a narrow tympanic shield. Lower eyelid with two series of feebly 

 enlarged scales. 



5 pairs of chin-shields, the 2 or 3 anterior in contact in the middle ; 

 gular scales imbricate, passing gradually into the ventral plates, 23 to 29 

 in a straight median line. 



Dorsal scales rhombic, strongly keeled, sometimes rather obtusely 

 pointed, considerably smaller than the upper caudals ; lateral scales 

 not or but slightly smaller, smooth towards the ventral plates, into 

 which they pass gradually ; ventral plates rounded-hexagonal, not 

 Ijroader than long, in 10 or 12 longitudinal and 28 to 34 transverse 

 series ; 46 to 54t scales and plates round the middle of the body, 

 Preanal region covered with irregular scales. 



Scales on upper surface of limbs rhombic, strongly keeled, as large 

 as or a little smaller than the dorsals. 13 to 15+ femoral pores on 

 each side. Subdigital lamellae pkiricarinate and spiuulose, 18 to 20 

 under the fourth toe. 



Upper caudal scales strongly keeled, basal subcaudals smooth or 

 feebly keeled ; 2^ or 30 scales in the fourth or fifth whorl. 



Coppery brown above, wdth two to five longitudinal series of whitish, 

 black-edged spots on each side ; young witli two whitish streaks on 

 each side, the upper from the canthus rostralis or the superciliarvedge 

 to the tail, the lower from below the eye to the base of the thigh, 



* In a female specimen sent by Peters to the Paris Museum. 

 t Up to 58 accordino: to Boettger. 

 X Up to 16 according to Peters. 



