11 "2 Lacertidii'. 



p. 433 ; Bedriaga, Abb. Senck. Ges. xiv, 1886, p. 314 ; Bouleng. 

 Cat. Liz. iii, p. 42 (1887) ; Steind. Ann. Hofmus. Wien, vi, 1891, 

 p. 294. 



Not unlike L. jacksonii in form and lepidosis. Head If to 1^ times 

 as long as broad, its depth equal to the distance from the centre of 

 the eye to the tympanum, its length 3| to 4 times in length to vent 

 in males, 4 to 45- times in females ; snout rather pointed, as long as 

 the distance from the eye to the tympanum. Pileus 2 to 2i times as 

 long as broad. Neck as broad as or broader than the head. The hind 

 limb reaches the axil or the shoulder in males, the elbow or the 

 axil in females. Toot 1 to 1| times length of head ; digits slender, 

 compressed. Tail cylindrical, 1| to 2 times length of head and body. 



Nostril pierced between three shields only. Suture between the 

 nasals i to ^ length of frontonasal, which is broader than long and 

 broader than the internarial space; prefrontals forming an extensive 

 suture* ; frontal as long as its distance from the nasals or from the 

 rostral, 1^- to If times as long as broad, narrower in the young, as 

 broad as or a little broader than the supraoculars ; parietals 1^^ or \\ 

 times as long as broad, in contact with the upper postocularf ; 

 occipital usually as long as or longer than the interparietal and broader 

 than the latter. J Four supraoculars, first and fourth small, second a 

 little longer than third ; 5 or 6 superciliaries, suture between the 

 first and second very oblique ; a complete or incomplete series of 

 rather large granules, 5 to 10 in number, between the supraoculars 

 and the superciliaries. Eostral not touching the nostril; a single 

 postnasal, usually as large as the anterior loreal, which is about half as 

 long as the second: 4 upper labials anterior to the subocular, which 

 is usually much narrower beneath than above ; 3 to 5 upper 

 temporals, the last the longest§ ; the rest of the temple covered with 

 small scales, which are granular above and larger in front and below ; 

 a narrow tympanic shield usually present ; 3 to 5 projecting pointed 

 lobules on the anterior border of the ear. 



Pterygoid teeth present. 



Gular scales imbricate, 23 to 27 in a straight line between. the 

 symphysis of the chin-shields and the median collar-plate ; gular fold 



* Unless separated by a small azygos shield (as in a female from the 

 Haria Valley). 



t Except in one female from Lanzarote. 



X Sometimes three times as large as the interparietal, according to 

 Steindaohner. 



§ The reverse of the usual state of things. 



