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Show 21 metre. 0*147 0*013 0*0085 0*009 0*040 0*022 0*035 0*085 229, and Cat 742 MR. G. A. BOULENGER O N THE SPECIES OF [June 21, spotted with black ; a few black spots on the back ; sides and limbs closely spotted with black. Females and young with more or less defined light spots, surrounded by a dark network. Lower surface greenish ; throat more or less spotted with black: males with one or two black dots on each ventral shield, as in L. stirpium ; these dots generally entirely absent in females. The spots on the lower surface and on the head are never met with in L. Icevis. Dimensions. S metre. Total length 0-227 Length of head 0*019 Breadth of head 0*012 Length of neck 0*011 Length of trunk 0*048 Length of fore limb 0*027 Length of hind limb 0*041 Length of tail 0*149 LACERTA L^EVIS, Gray, Ann. N. H. i. (1838), p, p. 31 ; Giinth. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 488. This Lizard has been considered equivalent to Li. agilis (L. stirpium) by Bedriaga and Boettger; the reason which induced them to take this view, I do not know. The type specimen is a female, bleached; in proportions and pholidosis it agrees perfectly with the recently described Podarcis judaica, Camerano2. The specimens from Palestine referred to by Gunther are in good state, and the coloration agrees with that of L. judaica as described by Camerano, Bedriaga3, and Boettger4. Consequently the name judaica, Camer. (1877), must be altered to that of I avis, Gray (1838). LACERTA STRIGATA, Eichw., Gray, Cat. p. 32. L. viridis, L., Giinth. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 488. The British Museum possesses fine specimens of this form, which, in general appearance seems quite different from L. viridis. However, no important structural difference being noticeable, I think L. strigata must be considered merely a variety of L. viridis. At present, 17 species of Lacerta appear to be perfectly characterized. In the following synopsis, I have endeavoured to facilitate their determination. I have used as a character the number of upper labials in front of the infraocular; but it must be observed that there may be accidentally one labial more or less. These irregularities occur very rarely-, and generally only on one side ; and as, in this difficult group, several specimens are, as a rule, required to name a lizard properly, I think this character will be of great help in distinguishing the species. 1 Tail injured. 2 Atti Ac. Sc. Torino, xiii. 1877, p. 92, pi. ii. figs. 2 & 5. 3 Arch. f. Naturg. 1880, p. 270. 4 Ber. Senckenb. Ges. 1879-1880, p. 172. |