4, LACERTA, 11 
2. Ventrals in 12 or 14 longitu- 
dinal rows .........0.0.00- 19. galloti, p. 41. 
IL. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. 
Dorsal scales granular; ventrals in 10 
longitudinal rows ............000 21. perspicillata, p. 43. 
1. Lacerta echinata, 
Lacerta (Zootoca) echinata, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 189. 
—— hirticauda, Vaillant, Bull. Soc, Philom. (7) viii. 1884, p. 168, 
and Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1885, pl. xii. fig. 1. 
—— echinata, Bedriaga, Abh. Senchenb. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 385. 
Head rather strongly depressed ; snout long, obtusely acuminate. 
Rostral entering the nostril; a single postnasal; four upper labials © 
anterior to the subocular; supraoculars in contact with the supra- 
ciliaries; occipital shorter and broader than the interparietal ; 
temples covered with uniform small, obtusely keeled, granular 
scales. No distinct gular fold; gular scales gradually increasing in 
size towards the collar, 35 to 48 between the latter and the median 
suture between the chin-shields; collar with serrated edge, com- 
posed of eight or nine plates. Dorsal scales rather large, rhom- 
bowdal, juxtaposed, obtusely keeled, 36 to 388 across the middle of 
the body; two or three scales correspond to the length of a ventral 
plate. Ventrals in 6 longitudinal series, median pair narrowest, and 
£8 to 30 transverse series. Praanal bordered by a semicircle of 
smaller plates. The hind limb reaches the axilla or the elbow 
of the adpressed fore limb; digits slender. Femoral pores 12 or 
13. Tail more than twice as long as head and body, the scales on 
the anterior third of the upper surface very strongly keeled, and 
ending in a sharp raised point. Green above, uniform or with a 
black network ; sides black-spotted; lower surfaces greenish. 
eee millim. 
Total length.......... 0... 0.0. 276 275 
Head) 25f eb de avec ake oe eos 19 22 
Width of head................ 11 14 
From end of snout to fore limb .. 30 37 
From end of snout to vent ...... 76 100 
Fore limb............00 eee ee 29 33 
Hind: limb: «0x6 evs cea eas 89 45 
Pail. aucsikd Sea se ede heme 200 175* 
West Africa (Liberia to Gaboon). 
a 9, Camaroons. D. G, Rutherford, Esq. [C.]. 
bu. W. Africa, : 
* Tail injured. 
