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sides of the head bluish, a tint especially marked on the labials; 
throat yellow. 
Total length 430 millim. 
Near Niriz, east of Shiraz, Persia. 
5. Lacerta agilis. 
Lacerta agilis, part., Linn. S. N. i. p.863; Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 433, 
—— europea, part., Pallas, Zoogr. Ross.-As. iii. p. 29. 
—— agilis, Lichtenst. Verz. Doubl. Mus. Berl. p. 94; Bedriaga, Abh, 
Senckenb, Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 127. 
Habit stouter, snout shorter than in Z. viridis. Rostral not 
touching the nostril; one or two postnasals; frequently two super- 
posed anterior loreals; normally four upper labials anterior to the 
subocular; no granules between the supraoculars and the supra- 
ciliaries ; occipital small, shorter and usually narrower than the 
interparietal; temples covered with flat scales; two or three large 
temporals in contact with the parietal; no tympanic. Gular fold 
feebly marked, or absent. 14 to 22 gular scales on a line between 
the collar and the third pair of chin-shields; collar with serrated 
edge, composed of 7 to 11 plates. Dorsal scales hexagonal, strongly 
., keeled, larger on the sides, where they are feebly keeled or smooth ; 
’ two or three lateral scales correspond to the length of a ventral 
plate; 34 to 52 scales across the middle of the body. Ventral 
plates in 6 or 8 longitudinal series, the second series on each side 
from the median ventral line the largest ; 25 to 32 transverse series. 
The hind limb never reaches beyond the elbow of the adpressed 
fore limb. Foot not, or but very slightly, longer than the head. 
Femoral pores 10 to 18. ‘Tail once and a half to once and two 
thirds the length of head and body; upper caudal scales strongly 
keeled, pointed posteriorly. 
Northern and Central Europe; Western Asia. 
A. Forma typica. 
Lacerta agilis, Gray, Cat. p. 32, 
Lacerta agilis, part., Linn. 1. ¢.; Schulz, Faun. March. p. 448. 
Seps argus, Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 61, pl. i. fig. 5. 
~— ruber, Laur, 1.¢. p. 62, pl. iii. fig. 3. 
—— cerulescens, Laur, J. ¢. pl. i. fig. 3. 
—— stellatus, Schrank, Fauna Boica, i. p. 296. 
Lacerta agilis, Wolf, in Sturm, Deutschl. Faun.; Brandt § Ratzed. 
Med. Zool. pl. xix. fig. 1; Bonap. Faun. Ital.; Tschudi, Neue 
Denkschr, Allgem. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. i. 1837, no. 4, p. 21; Bell, 
Brit. Rept. p..17; Leydig, Deutsch. Saur. p. 197. 
stirpium, Daud. Rept. iii. p, 155, pl. xxxv. fig.2 ; M-Edw. Ann. 
Sc. Nat. xvi. 1829, pp. 65,83; Duges, Ann. Se. Nat. xvi. 1829, 
p. 877 ; Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 291; Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 196 ; 
Fatio, Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 75. 
laurentii, Daud. 1. c. p, 227. 
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