48 Lacertidie. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



Prom end of snout to vent 



„ ,, „ fore limb 



Length of head 

 Width of head 

 Depth of head 

 Pore limb 

 Hind limb 

 Foot 

 Tail 



1. (? , Guelt-es-Stal. 2. 9 , Daya. 



Habitat. — Oran and neighbouring parts of the Province ; also near 

 Nemours and on the Plateaux. — The specimens from Telouet, Morocco, 

 mentioned by Chabanaud, probably belong to this variety. 



Var. BLANCI, Doumergue. 



Agrees with the vars. mauritanicus and lineomaculatws in the shape 

 and strong carination of the scales on the body. 



Suture between the internasals ^ to ^ the length of the fronto- 

 nasal, which is sometimes longitudinally divided into two* ; some- 

 times an azygos shield incompletely separating the prefrontalsf ; 

 distance between the second loreal and the anterior supraocular 

 exceeding the length of the latter in the adult ; usually a single series 

 of granules between the supraoculars and the superciliaries,! of which 

 there are 6 or 7 ; subocular not reaching the oral margin, § wedged in 

 between the fourth and fifth upper labials. Tail 1^ to a little over 

 2 times length of head and body. 



54 to 68 scales across the middle of the body. 18 to 25 femoral 

 pores. 19 to 23 lamellEB under the fourth toe. 



Young blackish above, with 4 yellow streaks along the back and 

 two on each side, with a yellow vertebral streak confined to the nape ; 

 series of round yellow spots along the dark bands ; head variegated 

 with black and yellow ; tail bluish beneath at the base, decidedly blue 

 at the end. Adult grey or somewhat rufous, with the markings of 

 the young much effaced ; a lateral series of yellow spots or ocelli. A 

 large male in the Paris Museum has four chains of white, black-edged 

 ocelli along the back. 



* In two specimens. 



t In five specimens. 



t In two specimens there are two. 



§ Except in one male from Cape Bon. 



