4, LAcERTA. 27 
millim. millim. 
Total length.............. 0.00. 154 170 
Head) cc sires aie val sam eae ee es 14 14 
Width of head.................. 9°5 9 
From end of snout to fore limb .... 22 23 
From end of snout to vent ........ 56 63 
Fore limb............ ewe ee sas 20 20 
Hind limb) isis essseens ne eeevas 32 32 
Tall caveat eee ene sear eee ears 98 107 
Crimea, Balkan peninsula, island of Tino. 
a. Q. _ Crimea. St. Petersburg Mus. [E.]. 
b-c. 2 & her. Sebastopol. St. Petersburg Mus. lef 
dé. Constantinople. 
10. Lacerta peloponnesiaca. 
Lacerta peloponnesiaca, Bibr. in Bory de St. Vine. Expéd. Se. Mor., 
Rept. p. 66, pl. x. fig. 4; Bedriaga, Zool. Anz. 1883, p. 216, and 
Abh, Senckenb. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 315, pl. —. fig. 18. 
— muralis (non Laur.), Bibr. 1. c. figs. 2, 3. 
taurica, part., Dum. §& Bibr. v. p. 225; Schreib. Herp. Eur. 
. 419. 
Be taincts taiiaiaw, De Betta, Rett. ed Anf. d. Grecia, p. 85. 
Lacerta taurica, var. peloponnesiaca, rathkei, et maculata, Bedriaga, 
Buil. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1881, p. 83. 
Snout moderately long, obtuse. Rostral entering the nostril; one 
or two postnasals; usually four upper labials anterior to the sub- 
ocular; supraoculars in contact with the supraciliaries ; occipital 
(usually) smaller than the interparietal; temple covered with large 
flat scales; masseteric, supratemporal, and tympanic shields dis- 
- tinct. Gular fold indicated (or absent); gular scales small, 28 
to 32 on a line between the collar and the third pair of chin- 
shields; collar even-edged, with 11 or 13 plates. Dorsal scales 
small, convex, smooth, roundish, juxtaposed, not smaller on the 
sides, where three correspond to the length of a ventral plate; 
54 to 57 scales across the middle of the body. Ventral plates 
broader than long, in six longitudinal series, the median pair 
a little narrower than the others; 28 to 32 transverse series; 
additional lateral plates very small. Preanal plate bordered by 
two semicircles of small plates. The hind limb reaches the collar 
in the male, the shoulder in the female. Scales on upper surface 
of tibia a little smaller than dorsals, smooth. Femoral pores 21 
or 22 (18 to 22). Tail at least twice as long as head and body; 
caudal scales truncate, upper moderately keeled. Greenish above, 
with blackish spots or longitudinal streaks (or blackish, with whitish 
longitudinal streaks); lower surfaces whitish, immaculate. 
