152 Lacertidae. 



It does not express the true relationships, as I regard L. dugesii as 

 more nearly related to L. muralis than to the species with which it is 

 associated in this key. To remove the difficulties imposed by the 

 necessity of a serial arrangement, and to convey the affinities as 

 I conceive them, the following diagram has been drawn up : 

 L. chlorogaster. L.jaeksonii. L.jayakari. L. Isevis. L. danfordii. L. oxycephala. 



L. muralis L. dugesii. i L. mosorensis. 



1 ! 



L. taurica — j — L. peloponnesiaca. L. brandtii. 

 L. agilis L. parva. 



16. LACEETA TAUEICA. 



Lacerta taurica, Pallas, Zoogr. Eoss.-As. iii, p. 30 (1811) ; Eathke, 

 Mem. Sav. Etr. Ac. St. Petersb. iii, 1837, p. 802, pi. ii, figs. 1-4 ; Demi- 

 dofE, Voy. Euss. Mer. iii, p. 337, pi. i,figs. 1, 2 (1842) ; Kessler, Tr. St. 

 Petersb. Nat. See. viii, 1878, p. 163 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, 

 p. 740 ; Bedriaga, Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv, 1886, p. 320, pi. — , fig. 28 ; 

 Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 26 (1887) ; Werner, Wiss. Mitth. Bosn. 

 Herzeg. vi, 1899, p. 833 ; Kiritzescu, Bull. Soc. Sc. Bucur. x, 1901, 

 p. 314 ; Mehely, AUat. Koslem. i, 1902, p. 58 ; Lehrs, Zool. Anz. 1902, 

 p. 231 ; Mkolsky, Herp. Eoss. p. 127 (1905) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1907, p. 557, pi. tcxx ; Schreib. Herp. Eur., ed. 2, p. 439, fig. 

 (1912) ; Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xxi, 1916, p. 41, pi. iii, figs. 1-6. 



Lacerta taurica, part., Dum. & Bibr. Erp. G-en. v, p. 226 (1839) ; 

 Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 419 (1875). 



Podareis taurica, Bonap. Icon. Eauu. Ital., Amf. (1836). 



Zootoca taurica, part.. Gray, Cat. Liz, p. 29 (1845). 



Podareis taurica, part., De Betta, Eett. Anf. Grec. p. 35 (1868). 



Lacerta muralis neapolita.na, part., Bedriaga, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 

 1881, p. 99, and Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv, 1886, p. 220. 



Lacerta peloponnesiaca (non Bibr.), Werner, Verh. Zool.-bot. G«s. 

 Wien, xliv, 1894, p. 228, and Zool. Anz. 1895, p. 470. 



Lacerta muralis (non Laur.), Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1889, p. 270. 



Lacerta ionica, Lehrs, Zool. Anz. 1902, p. 232 ; Schreib. op. cit., 

 ed. 2, p. 436, fig. 



Head rather small, 4 to 4^ times in length to vent in males, 4i to 

 4f in females, as deep as broad or not much broader than deep, li to 

 If times as long as broad, exceptionally 1| times*; occipital region 

 * In a male from Nision, Morea. 



