Zsivny Viktor (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 30. (Budapest 1936)
Fejérváry, G. J.: Notes on a very little-known lizard: Lacerta princeps Blanf., with description of the male specimen preserved in the Vienna Natural History Museum
s paralleled only by the East-African L. Jacksoni BLGR. as already pointed out by DE MÉHELY. 6 On the flanks the scales are somewhat smaller than on the back, and their keels diminish in sharpness ventrad. About 20 transverse series of scales — counted in the centromedian region of the trunk — correspond to the length of the head. In the average 2 lateral scales correspond to one ventral plate, towards the axil and groin their number easily amounting to 3. Dorsal scales of tail long, especially in its middle portion, sharply keeled, much pointed caudad, forming rather equal whirls; 5 TH to 6 TH whirl whirl consisting of 36 scales. Intercalary scales and transversally split ones may occur; in one instance a transversal tripartition was observed, in connection with the total absence of a keel. No pits and no horny „buds" (the latter of which have been demonstrated by DE MÉHELY as characterizing some species gathered by him into his artifical group termed „Archaeolacertae" and — so far as I see — erroneously supposed to represent „sense organs"*). Scales on upper surface of tibia smaller than those on back, rhomboidal, strongly keeled; about 6V2 of tibial scales of the transversal rows centro-median dorsal surface corresponding to 4 transversal rows of centro-median dorsal scales (whilst to 8 of the former 5 of the latter are corresponding) ; according to DE MÉHELY, 8 tibial scales correspond to 6 dorsal ones. Gular scales rather large, longitudinal, polygonal. Sulcus gularis distinct, formed of rather small, almost granular scales. 21 gular scales — 20 according to DE MÉHELY and BOULENGER — in a straight line between symphysis of chin shields and median collar plate; collar strongly serrated, composed of 8 plates; the same number was found by DE MÉHELY in the young, whilst BLANFORD records 7, and BOULENGER 9 plates. Mental large, visibly longer than broad. Number of typical sublabials 7 on both sides. Typical submandibulars 5 (or 6) on both sides. Ventral plates overlapping in 10 longitudinal and 31 (32) — in the young described by DE MÉHELY 29 — transverse series ; the plates of the second longitudinal series, reckoned from the median line (i. e. the 4 TH series if counted from the most lateral one), broadest; the 2 median series are comparatively narrower; the 2 series following lateral of the broadest one are subequal, whilst the outermost series is formed of rather small plates. Some larger scales may be consi6 „Betreffs vieler Merkmale erinnert Lacerta princeps an Lacerta viridis, von der sie aber infolge ihrer fremdartigen Rückenbeschuppung sehr entfernt steht". (11, p. 596.)
