Lacerta. 271 



Var. saxicola, Eversm. — Head much depressed ; hind limb longer, 

 foot longer than head ; granules between supraoculars and super- 

 ciliaries forming a complete series ; dorsal scales smooth or feebly 

 keeled, not larger than tibials, 50 to 65 across the body; femoral 

 pores 16 to 22 ; 25 to 31 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. From 

 snout to vent up to 80 millim. — Crimea, Cis- and Transcaucasia, Asia 

 Minor. 



Var. portschinskii, Kessl. — Like the two preceding, but smaller and 

 more slender, with more pointed snout. Dorsal scales smooth, as 

 large as or larger than tibials, 51 to 56 across the body ; 26 to 31 

 gular scales ; femoral pores 16 to 21. Not known to exceed 57 millim. 

 from snout to vent. — Transcaucasia. 



Var. defilipjiii. Gamer. — Proportions more as in the preceding. 

 Dorsal scales smooth, as large as or larger than tibials, 46 to 53 across 

 the body ; caudal scales usually feebly keeled ; 22 to 25 gular scales ; 

 femoral pores 14 to 20. Size as in the preceding. — Transcaucasia and 

 Northern Persia. 



Var. riidis, Bedr. — Head much depressed ; hind limb reaching 

 shoulder or collar in males ; dorsal scales more or less distinctly 

 keeled, 45 to 58 across the body ; tibial scales much larger, strongly 

 keeled ; caudal scales almost spinose on the sides ; 25 to 34 gular 

 scales ; femoral pores 15 to 23. From snout to vent up to 87 millim. — 

 Transcaucasia. 



Var. BEEVICEPS. 



Lacerta muralis, var. breviceps, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Zool. Nap. i, 

 1905, no. 29, and Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii, 1905, p. 378, pi. xxv, figs. 16-18, 

 and XX, 1913, p. 164. 



In general appearance intermediate between L. muralis and L. 

 vivipara. 



Head small and convex, 1^ to If times as long as broad, its depth 

 equal to the distance between the anterior corner of the eye and the 

 tympanum ; snout obtusely pointed. Neck as broad as the head, or 

 little narrower. Body rather strongly depressed. Hind limb 

 reaching the elbow, the axil, or the shoulder in males, the wrist 

 or the elbow of the adpressed fore limb in females ; foot not or but 

 slightly longer than the head. Tail If to nearly 2 times the length 

 of head and body. 



Head-shields as in the typical form but frontal rather broader ; 

 nasal forming a short suture with its fellow and, in two out of eight 

 specimens, in contact on one side with the anterior loreal ; granules 

 between the supraoculars and the superciliaries reduced to 3 to 10 ; 



