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across the middle of the body. Usually a median series of broad 

 praeanals, the posterior largest. The hind limb reaches the ear or the 

 eye. 17 to 23 femoral pores on each side. Digital denticulations 

 strong, usually as long as the diameter of the corresponding part 

 of the toe, much more developed on the outer than on the inner 

 edge of the fourth toe. Upper caudal scales strongly keeled ; 

 basal subcaudals smooth or obtusely keeled. Greyish or buff above, 

 with or without small blackish spots ; young with whitish longitu- 

 dinal lines separated by blackish interspaces with series of round 

 whitish spots, which markings gradually become more indistinct ; 

 tail pink in the young. 



From snout to vent 2-75 inches ; tail 6. 



Hab. North-western India, from Agra to Sind, Baluchistan, 

 South-eastern Persia. 



191. Acanthodactylus micropholis. 



Acanthodactylus micropholis, Blanf. A. M. N. H. (4) xiv, 1874, 

 p. 33 ; id. E. Persia, Zool. p. 383, pi. xxvi, fig. 2 ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. 

 iii, p. 63. 



Snout obtuse. Three supraoculars, the fourth being broken up 

 into granules, the first usually separated from the second by a 

 series of granules ; subocular usually bordering the lip ; temporal 

 scales smooth; front edge of the ear very feebly denticulated. 

 Dorsal scales more or less strongly keeled, very small on the nape, 

 gradually increasing in size towards the posterior part of the back, 

 where they are very much smaller than the caudals, rhomboidal, 

 feebly imbricate. Ventral plates broader than long, in 10 longi- 

 tudinal series. Praeanals usually small, irregular or with a median 

 series transversely enlarged. The adpressed hind limb reaches the 

 tympanum or the eye. 21 to 27 femoral pores on each side. 

 Digital denticulations moderately developed, much shorter than the 

 diameter of the corresponding part of the toe, usually more deve- 

 loped on the outer than on the inner edge of the fourth toe. 

 Upper caudal scales keeled ; basal subcaudals smooth or obtusely 

 keeled. Grey above, with white longitudinal lines on the body and 

 round spots on the limbs ; the interspaces between the light lines 

 frequently blackish, with a series of small round white spots. 



From snout to vent 2'4 inches ; tail 5. 



Hab. Baluchistan ; South-eastern Persia. 



Genus CABRITA, 

 Gray, Ann. N. H. i, 1838, p. 282. 



Head-shields normal. Nostril pierced between two or three 

 nasals. Lower eyelid distinct from the rudimentary upper, and 

 having a very large transparent disk. Collar absent. Dorsal 

 scales imbricate and strongly keeled. Ventral plates imbricate, 



