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The Cape Spined-foot. Acantliodactylus Capensis, ^. Smith, 

 Illust. Z. S. Africa, Rept. t. 39. 



Scales of the back and sides small, circular, closely set and 

 slightly convex, of the side of the base of the tail triangular, keel- 

 ed, ending in a spine, of the middle of the tail oblong, quadrangu- 

 lar, keeled, spinose, of the temple granular ; abdominal plate 

 quadrangular; brown, sides with 2 white streaks; male, sides 

 black, with a central series of white spots. 



Inhab. S. Africa, Great Naraaqua Land. Mus. Dr. A. Smith. 



The Shielded Spined-foot. Acanthodactylus scutellatus, 

 Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 272. Lacerta scutellata, Audouin, Rept. 

 Egypt. 172. Suppl. t.\, f. 7. Edw. Ann. S. N. xvi. 85, 94, t. 6, 



f.'s. 



Scales of the back small, equal, rhomboidal, smooth ; ventral 

 shields 14-rowed ; upper labial shields 6; the shield under the 

 eyes elongated, rounded beneath; the front of the ear denticulated. 



a. Adult, in spirits, not good state. N. Africa, Egypt. Presented 

 by M. Lefebre. 



ff Dorsal scales equal, keeled. 



Savigny's Spined-foot. Acanthodactylus Savignii, Dum. et 

 Bib. E. G. V. 274. Lacerta Dumerillii, Ediv. Ann. S. N. xvi. 76, 

 85, t. 7,f. 9. Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 282. L. deserti, Edic. Ann. S. 

 N. xvi. 79, ^Q, t. 6, /. 8. L. Savignii, Audouin, Desc. Egypt, i. 

 172. Savig. Suppl. t.\,f. 8. Ediv. Ann. S. N. xvi. 73, 85, t. 6,f. 

 4. — L. Olivier, Audouin, Desc. Egypt, i. 174. Savig. Suppl. t. \,f. 

 11? L. grammica, Ratke, Mem. Petersb. iii. 303. Scrapteira ma- 

 culata. Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 281. 



Scales of the back equal, small, rhomboidal, rather swollen lon- 

 gitudinally ; ventral shields 11 or 13-rowed ; front of ear subden- 

 tate ; collar arched, with 11 or 13 nearly equal scales, the middle 

 united to the chest. 



a, b. Adult and half-grown, in spirits. Scales keeled. Tripoly. 



Presented by J. Ritchie, Esq. 

 a. Adult, in spirits. Algiers. 



The Spotted Spined-foot. Acanthodactylus lineato-macula- 

 tus, Dum. et Bib. E. G. v. 276. Lacerta cruenta, Pallas, Voy. 

 Rus. i. 456? Daud. Rept. iv. 278? L. coccinea, 3Ierrem, Tent. 69? 



Scales of the back small, rhomboidal, imbricate, distinctly keel- 

 ed ; ventral shields 9-rowed ; ear granular in front ; collar trans- 

 verse, slightly arched, of 9 well-developed scales, the middle largest 



Inhab. Marocco. Mus. Paris. 



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