26 LACERTIDE. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 118 From end of snout 
Head .2 ks. e ees 10 to vent ...... Al 
Width ofhead .... 65 Fore limb ...... 14 
From end of snout to Hind limb ...... 22 
fore limb........ 16 Tail cde sede pease U7 
Cis- and Transcaucasia. 
a-c, 5 & her. Sukum Kaleh. St. Petersburg Museum [E. ]. 
9. Lacerta taurica. 
Zootoca taurica, part., Gray, Cat. p. 29. 
Lacerta taurica, Pallas, Zooyr. Ross.-As. iii. p. 80; Rathke, Mém. 
Sav. Etr. Ac. St. Pétersb. iii, 1837, p. 302, pl. ti. figs. 1-4; Demedoff, 
Voy. Russ. Mér. iii, p. 887, pl. i. figs. 1,2; Kessler, Tr. St. Petersb. 
Nat. Soc. viii. 1878, p. 163; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 740 ; 
Bedriaga, Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 820, pl. —. fig. 28. 
taurica, part., Dum. & Bibr. v. p. 225; Schreib. Herp. Eur. 
. 419, 
Pedarcis taurica, Bonap. Faun. Ital. 
Head moderate; snout moderate, obtuse. Rostral touching the 
nostril; a single postnasal; a single anterior loreal; four upper 
labials anterior to the subocular; a séries of granules between the 
supraoculars and the supraciliaries ; occipital nearly as broad as and 
shorter than the interparietal ; temple covered with moderate-sized 
irregular scales; tympanic and usually also masseteric shields dis- 
tinct. Gular fold distinct. 21 to 23 gular scales on a line between 
the collar and the third pair of chin-shields; collar with serrated 
edge, composed of 7 or 9 plates. Dorsal scales small, oval-hexa- 
gonal, juxtaposed, keeled ; lateral scales larger, smooth, two or three 
corresponding to the length of a ventral plate ; 50 to 55 scales across 
the middle of the body. Ventrals in 6 or 8 longitudinal series, 
the second series on each side from the median line the largest ; 
28 to 33 transverse series. Preeanal shield bordered by two or three 
semicircles of smaller scales; usually an enlarged shield in front of 
the preanal. The hind limb reaches between the elbow and 
the shoulder. Foot longer than the head. Femoral pores 17 
to 20 (15 to 22). Tail once and two thirds to once and three 
fourths the length of head and body; upper caudal scales strongly 
keeled, pointed posteriorly. Vertebral zone and flanks green; 
dorso-lateral regions brownish, with large black spots and a light 
streak extending from the outer edge of the parietal; another, 
more or less distinct, light streak from ear to groin; lower surfaces 
uniform whitish. 
