Algiroideg. 346 



Habitat. — Originally discovered in Morea, this lizard has since been 

 found on Cephalonia, Zante, and Ithaka. 



A. moreoticus is intermediate between A. fitzingeri and A. nigro- 

 punctatus, but nearer the former. 



3. ALGIEOLDES NIGEOPUNCTATUS. 



? Lacerta cariiiata, Schinz, Naturg. Eept. p. 102, pi. xxxix (1833). 



Lacerta nigropunctata, Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. v, p. 190 (1839). 



Notopholis nigropunctata, Bonap. Icon. Faun. Ital., Amf. (1840) ; 

 Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 35 (1845) ; Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 452 (1875) ; 

 Tomasini, Wiss. Mitth. Bosn. Herzeg. ii, 1894, p. 581. 



Lacerta schreibersii, Schinz, Eur. Faun, ii, p. 24 (1840). 



Lacerta (Notopholis) nigropunctata, Ninni, Atti Soc. Ital. xxvi, 1886, 

 p. 339, pi. viii. 



Algiroideg nigropunctatus, Bedriaga, Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv, 1886, 

 p. 393 ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 44 (1887) ; Werner, Verh. Zool.-bot. 

 Ges. Wien, 1894, p. 230, and iiept. Amph. Oesterr.-Ung. p. 27 (1897) ; 

 Schreib. Herp. Eur., ed. 2, p. 371 (1912). 



Body strongly depressed. Head rather strongly depressed, flat 

 above, 1|- to If times as long as broad, its depth equal to the distance 

 between the centre of the eye and the tympanum, its length 3f to 

 4 times in length to vent ; snout obtusely pointed, as long as the post- 

 ocular part of the head. Parietal foramen present. Pterygoid teeth 

 absent. Neck as broad as or a little narrower than the head. The 

 hind limb reaches the shoulder or the collar in males, the axil or the 

 shoulder in females ; foot a little longer than the head ; digits slender, 

 compressed. Tail If to 2^ times as long as head and body. 



Upper head- shields sometimes rugose with fine striae. Nostril 

 pierced between 4 or 5 shields ; nasals forming a very short suture 

 behind the rostral ; frontonasals as long as broad or, usually, a little 

 broader than long ; prefrontals usually forming an extensive median 

 suture * ; frontal 1^ to If times as long as broad, as long as or a little 

 shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, a little narrower 

 behind than in front ; parietals If to If times as long as broad, often 

 emarginate on the outer side for the a'ccommodation of the anterior 

 upper temporal ; interparietal small t ; occipital at least as large as 



* Separated by a small azygos shield in a male from Corfu ; frontonasal in 

 contact with frontal in a female from the same island. 



f A small shield between the interparietal and the occipital in two specimens 

 ( ^ , $ ) from Gorizia ; parietals forming a short suture between the two shields 

 in the type specimen. 



