38 LACERTID., 
parietal anteriorly ; tympanic well developed. Gular fold absent or 
just indicated ; 23 to 30 gular scales on a line between the collar and 
the third pair of chin-shields ; collar even-edged, with 9 to 13 small 
plates. Dorsal scales small, flat, smooth, roundish, juxtaposed, a 
little smaller on the sides, where three or four correspond to the 
length of a ventral plate; 55 to 62 scales across the middle of the 
bedy. Ventral plates broader than long, subequal, or median series 
narrower, in 6 longitudinal series ; an additional outer series some- 
times present, but composed of smaller plates; 27 to 30 transverse 
series. Praeanal bordered by one or two semicircles of small 
plates. The adpressed hind limb reaches about the axilla in the 
female, the shoulder or the collar in the male. Scales on upper 
surface of crus smaller than dorsals, obtusely keeled. Femoral pores 
21 to 26. Tail twice or more than twice as long as head and body ; 
caudal scales truncate, upper obtusely keeled. Olive-grey or brownish 
above, speckled or reticulated with black, with or without roundish 
lighter spots ; sides usually darker, with the light spots more distinct ; 
lower surfaces greenish white (in spirit), uniform or dotted with 
black. 
ee millim. 
Potal: length: ws wamiivev medion cern ses 227 145 
DH Oa 0” chines crm avadeaty aie ei eye bree 18 13 
Width of head: dis a saps ese we x wees 13 9 
From end of snout to fore limb .... 32 21 
From end of snout to vent ........ 75 52 
HOre limb: goccws eck sewer ea ¥ ons 27 20 
Bind WMD) posse cess eee base eas 41 30 
Wait cate has by eho tes Rm ee ead 152 93 
Asia Minor, Greece. 
a, Several specs.: ¢, Zebil Bulghar Dagh, ©. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 
2, & her. Cilician Taurus, T 
Lilic ( ypes.) 
b. Her. Kaisarieh. C. G, Danford, Esq. [P.]. 
16. Lacerta brandtii. 
Lacerta brandtii, De Filippi, Arch. p. 0. Zool. ii. 1863, p. 887, and 
Viagg. Pers. p. 354; Blanford, Zool. E. Pers. p. 862, pl. xx. fig. 1; 
Boettger, in Radde, Faun. Flor, Casp.-Geb. p. 42; Bedriaga, Abh. 
Senckenb. Ges, xiv. 1886, p. 268, 
Head moderately depressed ; snout moderate, obtusely pointed. 
Rostral touching the nostril; two superposed postnasals ; five upper 
labials anterior to the subocular ; a series of granules between the 
supraoculars and the supraciliaries ; occipital much smaller than the 
interparietal; temporal scales small, with distinct masseteric and 
tympanic shields ; three enlarged supratemporals border the parietal. 
Gular fold indicated ; 25 gular scales on a line between the collar 
and the third pair of chin-shields; collar even-edged, composed of 
nine small plates. Dorsal scales granular, smooth, 50 to 55 across 
