Lacerta, 293 



-second vertical. Eostral often touching or entering the nostril* ; a 

 single postnasalf ; two loreals, first usually shorter than second. 4 

 upper labials anterior to the subocular.J the lower border of which is 

 much shorter than the upper. Temple covered with small scales, with 

 a large, moderate, or small§ masseteric shield, which is sometimes 

 divided, and a curved tympanic; a large anterior upper temporal, 

 followed by smaller shields. 



No pterygoid teeth. 



19 to 27 gular scales in a straight line between the symphysis of 

 the chin-shields and the median collar-plate, these scales usually 

 rather large towards the collar ; gular fold feeble or very indistinct ; 

 <;ollar with feebly serrated edge, composed of 7 to 9 plates. || 



Dorsal scales usually hexagonal, longer than broad, strongly keeled, 

 juxtaposed or feebly imbricate, rarely more oval and less strongly 

 keeled ; lateral scales more feebly keeled, smooth towards the ventrals, 

 a little smaller, 3 or 4 corresponding to the length of a ventral plate ; 

 32 to 42 scales, in the middle of the back, corresponding to the length 

 of the head ; 44 to 52 scales across the middle of the body.1[ Ventral 

 plates in 6 longitudinal series, the second series on each side from the 

 median line the broadest ; 24 to 27 transverse series in males, 27 to 

 30 in females. Preanal plate large, bordered by a single semicircle 

 of small plates. 



Scales on upper surface of tibia smaller than dorsals, keeled. 

 27 to 32 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. 14 to 19 femoral pores 

 on each side, usually 15 to 17. 



Upper caudal scales straight or slightly oblique, strongly keeled, 

 posterior border obtusely pointed, sometimes nearly truncate, the 

 whorls alternately longer and shorter ; 22 to 28 scales in the fourth or 

 fifth whorl behind the postanal granules. 



Head and back greyish olive or greenish in the male, with or without 

 small black spots or vermiculations ; sides and limbs yellowish green 

 with a black network, often enclosing rather large whitish ocellar spots, 

 or black with small yellowish grey spots ; a few turquoise-blue spots 

 may be present behind the shoulder. Pale brown or golden-brown 

 above in the female, with small blackish spots and a dark brown lateral 

 band with wavy outlines ; sometimes a dorsolateral series of small 



* In 25 eases out of 46. 



t Two superposed postnasals in one specimen from Lenkoran, according to 

 ilehely. 



J 5 in a single specimen. 



§ Large in 17 specimens, moderate in 2, smaU in 4. 



!| Up to 10 according to Werner. 



T[ 40 to 50 in specimens from Teheran, according to Werner. 



