94 Laeertidse. 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 



? Galicia, P.M. . . . 95 48 33 12 23 14 24 5-4 2 1 



<J Lozoya Valley, near Madrid 112 50 30 11 24 14^13 23 8 2 1 



106 49 29 10 20 16-14 24 5 2 1 



106 48 30 13 24' 12 22 3-4 2 1 



103 53 29 11 21 14 25 8 2 1 



'I I „ '„ 90 48 28 10 22 14-13 22 6-5 2 1 



89 48 29 11 22 13 23 4 2 1 



I "„ „ „ 86 52 30 11 25 15-14 24 6-7 2 1 



$ „ „ „ 88 51 32 13 22 14^15 22 6-5 2 1 



71 54 31 11 23 14^13 22 7-6 2 1 



„ LaGranja^S.ofGuadarrema 98 50 33 10 26 13-14 22 4-3 2 1 



„ Coimbra 86 58 32 12 26 15-13 22 2 2 



$ S. de Gerez . ' 105 53 29 11 24 13 22 2-4 2 1 



5 „ 112 58 31 11 23 14 24 4-6 2 1 



99 55 31 10 23 13-15 25 2 2 1 



„ „ . . 85 53 30 12 24 13-14 25 7-8 2 1 

 ^ Monchiquej Algarve 



(type of var. gadovii) 92 53 27 10 23 15-14 26 4-6 2 1 



78 53 29 11 23 14 26 2-4 2 1 



V „ „ 95 50 32 11 22 13 26 4 2 1 



1. Length from snout to vent (in millim.). 2. Scales across middle of 

 body. 3. Transverse series of ventral plates. 4. Plates in collar. 5. Gular 

 scales in a straight line. 6. Femoral pores. 7. Subdigital lamellse under 

 fourth toe. 8. Granules between supraoculars and superciliaries. 9. Post- 

 nasals. 10. Anterior loreals. 



Habitat. — The range of this form is confined to the hilly or 

 mountainous districts of the Spanish Peninsula, up to an altitude 

 of 1000 metres. It is known with certainty from the Asturias, 

 Galicia, Leon, New Castille, and Portugal. The localities given by 

 Bosca for L. viridis in Seville, Vascongadas, and Old Castille, 

 probably apply to it. 



The following synopsis will help in the identification of the 6 forms : — 



Forma typica. 40 to 55 scales across middle of body, usually 42 to 

 50 ; ventral plates in 6 longitudinal series, very rarely 8 ; occipital 

 very rarely broader than interparietal ; granules between the supra- 

 oculars and the superciliaries often absent or much reduced ; tympanic 

 shield often absent ; young without light vertebral streak. 



Var. strigata, Eichw. 38 to 49 scales across middle of body ; 

 ventral plates in 6 or 8 longitudinal series ; occipital very rarely 

 broader than the interparietal ; usually a series of granules between 

 the supraoculars and the superciliaries ; tympanic shield present ; 

 young with a light vertebral streak. 



Var. major, Blgr. 50 to 58 scales across middle of body ; ventral 



