194 ME. G. A. BOULENGEE ON THE 



A small, slender form, with very pointed snout. Hind limb reaching the shoulder or 

 the collar in the male, between the wrist and the elbow in the female. Frontonasal 

 as long as broad or a little longer ; granules between the supraoculars and supraciliaries 

 forming a complete series ; masseteric disk moderate or small, or absent ; 4 upper 

 labials anterior to the subocular. Collar even-edged, composed of 7 to 10 small 

 plates ; 26 to 31 scales and granules in a straight line between the symphysis of the 

 chin-shields and the median collar-plate. Dorsal scales round and fiat, perfectly 

 smooth, 51 to 56 across middle of body, 3 or 4 corresponding to a ventral plate. A 

 transversely enlarged plate in front of the prseanal. Scales on upper surface of tibia 

 as large as or smaller than dorsals, feebly keeled. 16 to 21 * femoral pores on each 

 side. 28 or 29 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. Caudal scales strongly keeled. 



Greyish or pale yellowish brown above, with small darker markings ; a more or less 

 distinct dorso-lateral series of small light spots ; lower parts white or yellowish, the 

 outer row of ventrals with blue spots. 



Does not exceed a length of 57 mm. from end of snout to vent. 



This form, which is known only from the neighbourhood of Tiflis and Elizabethpol, 

 agrees in most respects with the var. saxicola. Some of the characters given above 

 are taken from Mehely's description, as I have only examined two specimens, the 

 first of which is one of the types of L. depressa, preserved in the Turin Museum, 

 the second being figured on PI. XXIII. fig. 1. 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 



Tiflis? .... ? 53 54 39 10 31 17-18 26 

 Elizabethpol ... „ 53 56 30 8 27 18-17 29 



Measurements (in millimetres) : — 



6. ?. 



From end of snout to vent 53 53 



„ „ fore limb .... 18 19 



Length of head 1] 11 



Width of head 7 7 



Depth of head 4 5 



Fore limb 16 18 



Hind limb 24 25 



Foot 14 15 



Tail ? 112 



Kessler gave the length of the type specimen as 46 mm. from snout to vent, tail 101. 

 He regarded the very long tail as distinctive of L. jportschinsJcii compared with 

 L. muralis. 



* 20-22 according to Kessler. 



