44 LACERTID®. 
Head-shields normal. Nostril pierced between three nasals and ' 
the first labial. Lower eyelid scaly. Collar well marked. Dorsal 
scales very large, imbricate, strongly keeled ; ventrals squarish, 
feebly imbricate, smooth. Digits feebly compressed, with smooth 
or tubercular lamella inferiorly. Femoral pores. Tail long, cylin- 
drical. : 
Eastern coast of the Adriatic, Greece, Sardinia, Corsica. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
The hind limb, stretched forward, reaches 
the axilla or beyond; lateral scales 
much smaller than dorsals, two or 
three corresponding to the length of 
A VENTA: os cai G a Rew es we 1. negropunctatus, p. 44. 
The hind limb reaches the axilla or 
beyond ; lateral scales scarcely smaller 
than dorsals, as long as ventrals .... 2. moreoticus, p. 45. 
The hind limb does not reach the axilla ; 
lateral scales scarcely smaller than 
dorsals, as long as ventrals ........ 3. fitzingert, p. 45. 
1. Algiroides nigropunctatus. 
Notopholis nigropunctata, Gray, Cat. p. 35. 
Lacerta nigropunctata, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 190. 
Notopholis nigropunctata, Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. 
p. 452. 
Algiroides nigropunctatus, Bedriaga, Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xiv. 1886, 
p. 893. 
Head rather large, rather strongly depressed ; snout long, obtuse. 
Rostral touching the nostril; two superposed postnasals; normally 
five upper labials anterior to the subocular; a series of granules 
between the supraoculars and the supraciliaries ; occipital (usually) 
a little longer and broader than the interparietal; temple with 
irregular scales; masseteric, tympanic, and supratemporal shields 
large. Gular fold distinct; 18 to 21 scales on a line between the 
collar and the third pair of chin-shields ; collar with serrated edge, 
composed of 7 to 9 plates. Dorsal scales more than twice as large 
as the laterals, diagonally keeled, obtusely pointed, 22 to 26 scales 
across the middle of the body ; two or three lateral scales correspond 
to the length of a ventral. Ventrals in 6 longitudinal series, median 
pair narrowest, and 23 or 24 transverse series. Preanal plate 
ordered by one semicircle of small plates. The adpressed hind 
imb reaches the shoulder or the collar (or the axilla). Femoral 
pores 15 to 18, Tail about twice as long as head and body. Olive- 
green above, usually with small black spots; lower surfaces 
greenish or blue. 
