Laeerta. 269 



Var. HISPANICA. 



Laeerta oxycephala, var. hispanica, Steind. Sitzb. At. Wien. Ixii, 1, 

 1870, p. 336, pi. i, figs. 3-6 ; Boettg. Abh. Senck. Ges. xii, 1881, p. 376. 



Laeerta oxyeephala, part., Sclireib. Herp. Eur. p. 404 (1876). 



Laeerta muralis fusca, var., Bedriaga, Arch. f. Nat. 1879, p. 293. 



Laeerta muralis steindachneri, Bedriaga, Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv, 

 1886, p. 256. 



Laeerta muralis, var. Jiispaniea, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 33 (1887), 

 and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii, 1905, p. 368, pi. xxiv, fig. 14, and pi. xxv, 

 figs. 14, 15. 



Laeerta hispaniea, Schreib. Herp. Eur., ed. 2, p. 429 (1912). 



A small form which, in its much flattened head, sharply-pointed 

 snout, and conspicuously striated body, suggests a young Aeantho- 

 dactylus. 



Head and body much depressed; head 1| to If times as long as 

 broad.* Hind limb reaching the axil or the shoulder ; foot about 

 1^ times the length of the head. Tail twice as long as head and body, 

 or a little more or a little less. 



Eostral not touching the nostril ; frontal nearly twice as long as 

 broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout ; series of 

 granules between the supraoculars and the superciliaries complete or 

 first superciliary in contact with the second supraocular ; parietals 

 about H times as long as broad, not touching, or barely touching the 

 upper postocular ; occipital shorter than the interparietal and as 

 broad or broader ; frequently 6 upper labialsf anterior to the sub- 



* 2i times in Schreiber's description is evidently a lapsus, 

 t Of the 3 specimens examined one has 5 on both sides, a second has 5 on 

 one side and 4 on the other, whilst the third has 4 on both sides. 



