4, LACERTA, 41 
millim. nillim. 
- Total length ...... 472 From aid of snout to 
Head .........4., 38 METI aoa tre ahve 152 
Width of head ..... QT Fore limb ........ 56 
From end of snout to Hind limb........ 90 
fore limb........ 65 Pall gas aicesere wee. 320 
Arabia. 
ab, 5 & yg. Near Muscat. A.S. G. Jayakar, Esq. [P.]. 
19. Lacerta galloti. 
Zootoca derbiana, Gray, Cat. p. 29. 
galloti, part., Gray, l. c. p. 80. 
Lacerta galloti, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 288; Boettg. Abh. Senckenb. Ges. 
ix. 1874, p. 174; Bedriaga, Arch. f. Nat. 1879, p. 825; Bouleng. 
Proe. Zool. See. 1881, p. 740; Bedriaga, Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xiv. 
1886, p. 301. 
Head moderately depressed; snout long, obtuse. Rostral not 
entering the nostril; a single postnasal ; five upper labials anterior 
to the subocular; a series of granules between the supraoculars and 
the supraciliaries ; occipital, in the adult, longer and broader than 
the interparietal; temporal scales granular ; masseteric and tympanic 
shields distinct; no large supratemporals. Gular fold indicated ; 
40 to 46 gular seales on a line between the collar and the third 
pair of chin-shields ; collar with even or very slightly serrated edge, 
composed of 9 to 13 small plates. Dorsal scales very small, 
roundish-rhomboidal, juxtaposed, obtusely keeled, 84 to 96 across 
the middle of the body; three or four lateral scales correspond to ~ 
the length of a ventral shield. Ventrals in 12 or 14 longitudinal 
and 29 to 31 transverse series. Preeanal small, bordered by two or 
three semicircles of small plates. The hind limb reaches the 
shoulder or the collar. Upper crural scales smaller than dorsals. 
Femoral pores 23 to 31. Tail at least twice as long as head and 
body; upper caudal scales truncate, strongly keeled. Olive-grey 
or dark olive above, with black and pale greenish spots; females 
and young with two light, black-edged longitudinal streaks on each 
side. Lower surfaces olive or blackish in the adult, paler in the 
young; throat, in the young, with angular grey bands converging 
forwards. A more or less distinct black band’ and a few whitish 
spots on the hinder side of the thighs. 
d. 9. 
millim. millim, 
Total length ......... 00. e esse eee 305 277 
Head:  .aedea gas ee seve eew sas 30 28 
Width of head .............2 008 24 19 
From end of snout to fore limb .... 52 48 
From end of snout to vent ........ 115 112 
