192 ME. G. A. BOULENGEE ON THE 



Heleaendorf (Bedriaga Coll.) . . 

 Katar, Armenia (LyoBS Mus.) 

 Trebizond? (type of L. depressa) 



(Turin Mus.). 

 Trebizond ? „ 

 Erdshias Dagh, Asia Minor . . , 

 Cilician Taurus 



In form similar to the typical L. muralis, or rather to the var. hrueggemanni, but 

 head more depressed as a rule, its depth not exceeding the distance between the centre 

 of the eye and the anterior border of the tympanum ; snout as a rule more pointed 

 than in var. chalyhdea and less than in var. portschmskii. 



Hind limb reaching the shoulder or the collar in males, the axil, or the elbow of the 

 adpressed fore limb in females ; foot longer than the head. 



Head-shields as in var. chalyhdea, but rostral not rarely in contact with the fronto- 

 nasal, granules between the supraoculars and the supraciliaries nearly always forming 

 a complete series, and masseteric disk smaller as a rule * ; the supratemporal is usually 

 in contact with the fourth supraocular, but the degree of emargination of the antero- 

 lateral border of the parietal is very variable, some specimens f not differing in this 

 respect from a typical L. muralis ; frequently five upper labials anterior to the 

 subocular. 23 to 32 % scales and granules between the chin-shields and the collar, 

 which is not serrated and is composed of 8 to 12 plates. 



Scales on body granular, round or roundish-hexagonal, smooth or faintly keeled on 

 the posterior part of the back, 50 to 65 § across the middle of the body, 34 to 61 

 corresponding to the length of the head, 3 or 4 to one ventral plate. Prseanal plate 

 bordered by one or two semicircles of smaller plates, sometimes preceded by a 

 transversely enlarged plate. 



Scales on upper surface of tibia as large as or a little larger than dorsals, more or 

 less strongly keeled. 16 to 22 || femoral pores on each side. 25 to 31 lamellar scales 

 under the fourth toe. 



Caudal scales forming alternately longer and shorter whorls, the two median dorsal 

 series more or less distinctly enlarged ; these scales truncate and more or less 

 diagonal, strongly keeled, the outline on the side more or less distinctly serrated, 

 but far less than in var. rudis; 22 to 28 scales in the fourth or fifth whorl behind the 

 postanal granules. 



Some specimens are green above, others are grey or brown, the variation in this 



* Absent in specimens from Easano and Katar. 



t From Sbuska and Erdshias Dagh. 



t Exceptionally 37 according to Mehely. 



§ 49 to 67 according to Mehely. 



II 16 to 25 (usually 18-22) according to Mehely. 



