AGAMA. 147 



163. Agama isolepis. 



Agama agilis (non Oliv.), Blanf. Zool. E. Persia, p. 314; Murray, 



Zool. Sind, p. 371. 

 Trapelus megalonyx (non Gunth.), Stoliczka, P. A. S. B. 1872, pp. 88, 



127; Murray, 1. c. p. 370. 

 Agama isolepis, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 342 ; id, Tr. Linn. Soc. (2) 



v, 1889, p. 96, pi. x. 



Head moderate, convex, subcordiform. Nostril not tubular, 

 superior, pierced just above the canthus rostralis in the posterior 

 part of a flat nasal. Upper head-scales convex, smooth or feebly 

 keeled ; occipital not enlarged ; generally a few short spines on the 

 post-temporal region and a few on the upper edge of the ear, which 

 is exposed and not larger than the eye-opening ; males with a small 

 gular pouch. Body roundish, moderately depressed, covered above 

 with equal, rhomboidal, imbricate, keeled, more or less distinctly 

 inucronate scales ; lateral and ventral scales much smaller, feebly 

 keeled, exceptionally smooth. Limbs moderate ; tibia a little 

 longer than the skull (to occiput); third finger shorter than fourth, 

 fifth not extending as far as second ; third toe much shorter than 

 fourth, fifth not extending quite as far as first. Tail 2| to 2| times 

 as long as distance from gular fold to vent, rounded, covered with 

 keeled scales. Male with a single or double row of callose praeanal 

 scales. Sandy grey or brown above, with or without dark transverse 

 bands and light rhomboidal vertebral spots ; the collar- pit blackish ; 

 lower surfaces white, often with dark longitudinal lines more or 

 less distinctly marked ; males during the breeding-season with the 

 sides of the body and the throat deep blue. 



From snout to vent 4-5 inches ; tail 7. 



Hob. Punjab, Sind, Baluchistan, Persia, Egypt. On rocky hills 

 and open plains, or on shrubs. 



164. Agama rubrigularis. 



Trapelus rubrigularis, Blanf. P. A. S. B. 1875, p. 233, and J. A. S. B. 



xlv, 1876, p. 23, pi. i, fig. 1 ; Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 371. 

 Agama rubrigularis, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 346. 



Head short, convex, subcordiform. Nostril not tubular, pierced 

 in the posterior part of a slightly swollen nasal just above the 

 canthus rostralis. Upper head-scales keeled ; occipital not enlarged ; 

 no distinct spines on the hinder part of the head ; a very slight 

 fringe of pointed scales on the upper edge of the ear, which is hardly 

 as large as the eye-opening. Male without gular pouch. Body 

 depressed, covered above with small rhomboidal, imbricate, smooth 

 scales intermixed with much larger, flat, feebly keeled ones forming 

 more or less irregular transverse series ; no enlarged scales on the 

 limbs ; ventral scales smooth. Limbs moderate ; tibia not quite so 

 long as the skull (to occiput) ; third finger shorter than fourth, fifth 

 not extending as far as second ; third toe much shorter than fourth ; 

 fifth not extending as far as first. Tail If to 1| times as long as 

 the distance from gular fold to vent, rounded, rather depressed at 

 the base, covered with keeled scales. Male with a row of callose 

 praeanal scales. Colour olive-brown to grey, spotted with pale 



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