1907.] 



THE IONIAN LIZARD. 



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the temple very variable, the two extremes (text-fig. 162, p. 558") 

 approaching L. agilis and L. mibrcdis var. campestris respectively , 

 masseteric and tympanic shields usually distinct, the formej- 

 sometimes very large and in contact with the supratemporals, 

 of which there are visually 2 or 3 *. 19 to 28 scales and granules 

 in a straight line between the symphysis of the chin-shields and 

 the median collar-plate ; gular fold always well mai-ked. Collar 

 formed of 8 to 12 plates (usually 9 to 11), the edge more or less 

 distinctly serrated ; the extremes of serration are shown on the 

 following figures of two female specimens, one from Sebastopol, 

 the other from Cephalonia. 



Text-fi^. 164. 



Lacerta taurica. 

 Lower views of heads of females : a. Sebastopol ; b. Cephalonia. 



Scales on body juxtaposed, oval or oval-hexagonal, veiy small 

 and more or less diagonally keeled on the back, larger and smooth 

 or very feebly keeled towards the ventrals. Exceptionally the 

 scales on the back may be almost perfectly round granules, with 

 a feeble straight keel f or even almost without a trace of a keel +. 

 In a male from Rakos, Hungary, which has very strongly keeled 

 dorsal scales, and in a male from Corfu, the scales on the flanks, 

 right down to the ventral plates, show a feeble but yet distinct 

 keel. The number of scales across the body varies from 42 to 

 61 §. On the flanks, 3 or alternately 2 and 3 series of scales 

 correspond to one ventral plate. 36 to 50 transverse series of 

 dorsal scales correspond to the length of the head. 



* Only one in a S from Szabadka. 



t ? from Crimea and Szabadka, Hungary. J $ from Rutshuk, Bulgaria. 



§ 42 is exceptional and occurs only in one $ from L. Stymphalos, Morea, two 

 males from the same locality havine: 50 and 55 respectively. 



