4, LACERTA, 37 
oculars and the supraciliaries ; occipital shorter but a little broader 
than the interparietal ; temporal scales-granular ; “masseteric, supra- 
temporal, and tympanic plates large. Gular fold absent (or indi- 
cated); gular scales very small, 33 to 38 on a line between the 
eollar and the third pair of chin-shields; collar even-edged, with 
11 to 13 very small plates. Dorsal scales very small, flat, smooth, 
roundish, juxtaposed, a little smaller on the sides, where four 
correspond to the length of a ventral plate; 62 to 70 scales across 
the middle of the body. Ventral plates broader than long, subequal 
in size, in 6 longitudinal and 27 to 29 transverse series ; additional 
lateral plates very small, if distinct. Praeanal plate bordered by one 
or two semicircles of small plates, The adpressed hind limb reaches 
the shoulder. Scales on upper surface of tibia nearly as large as 
dorsals, feebly keeled. Femoral pores 22. Tail once and a half to 
twice as long as head and body. Caudal scales truncate, upper 
obtusely keeled. Greyish above, with small black dots and a dark 
network enclosing lighter spots; lower surfaces whitish (in spirit), 
3. 2 
millim. millim 
Total length ...........0....0.04. 170 162 
HCA + Paces tartare ip detpanie ea citoes oan otha 15 13 
Width of head ............... 1. 10 9 
From end of snout to forelimb .... 27 22 
From end of snout to vent ........ 60 62 
Bore Jumps ai.as.s ei eke assdeee as 23 23 
Hind Wm 6-1sa%s ev Ke eee etek 33 32 
Pea te. sheaeetaee Gare Bh reciente ote. 2 110 100 
Dalmatia. 
as. Curzola Island. Florence Museum [E.]. 
15. Lacerta danfordii. (Purarz I. fig. 2.) 
Zootoca danfordi, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 818. 
Lacerta danfordi, Bedriaga, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p. 80; Bou- 
leng. Proc, Zool. Soe. 1881, p. 741; Bedriaga, Abh. Senckenb. Ges. 
xiv. 1886, p. 259, ; 
: oxycephala, vars. modesta and maculata, part., Bedriaga, Bull. 
Soe. Nat. Mose. 1881, p. 80. ; 
greeca, Bedriaga, Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xiv. p. 290*. 
Head rather strongly depressed; snout long, obtusely pointed. 
Rostral usually entering or touching the nostril; two superposed 
postnasals; five upper labials anterior to the subocular; a series of 
granules between the supraoculars and the supraciliaries ; occipital 
either as large as, or smaller than, or a little larger than, the inter- 
parietal; temporal scales granular ; masseteric plate usually absent, 
if present very small; a single supratemporal shield, bordering the 
* I have examined three specimens of the Greek form, one in Dr. v. 
Bedriaga’s, the two others in M. Lataste’s collection. 
