On new Lizards of the Family Lacertldoe. 



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XXII. — Descriptions of new Lizards of the Family Laceitidse. 

 By G. A. Boulenger; F.R.S. 



(PuLlished by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



Lacerta viridis, var. woosnami. 



Head comparatively short, its width If to 1\ times in its 

 length. Occipital ^ to f the length of the interparietal, not 

 or but slightly broader than the latter ; 2 to 8 granules 

 between the supraoculars and the superciliaries ; temple with 

 12 to 20 shields, with a large or very large masseteric, which 

 may extend from the upper temporal to the upper labials, 



FiiT. 1. 



Upper and side views of head. 



the tympanic well developed and usually in contact with the 

 upper temporal. Dorsal scales rhombic and strongly keeled, 

 considerably larger than the laterals; 38 to 43 scales across 

 the middle of the body. Ventral plates in (3 longitudinal and 

 24 to 2^^ transverse series. 17 to 20 femoral pores ou each 



Fig. 2. 



Lepidosis of middle of body. 



