44 REPTILES. 



B. The Eyelid rudimentary^ circular. Eye exposed. Ophiopina. 



15. Ophiops, Menesiries. Amystes, Weigm. 



Nostrils longitudinal, in the muzzle-ridge, between a superior 

 and inferior rather swollen nasal shields, with 3 small shields behind 

 them. Eyelids none. Tongue elongate. Cheek-teeth tricuspid. 

 Palate toothless. Collar none, a small fold before each shoulder. 

 Scales of the back rhombic, keeled, imbricate. Ventral shields 4- 

 sided, rhombic, smooth, 2 middle series narrowed on each side be- 

 hind. Femoral pores distinct. Toes 5-5, rather compressed, 

 keeled beneath, not toothed on the sides. 



The Eleoant Ophiops. Ophiops elegans, Menetr. Cat. 60. 

 Eichw. Fauna Casp. Cans. 78, t. 12, /". 1 — 5. Dum. et Bib. E. G. 

 V, 259. Amystes Ehrenbergii, Weigm. Eerl. Mag. 1835. Lacerta 

 nudipes. Hemp, et Ehrenh. Algira punctata, Gray^ Ann. N. H. 

 i. 283. 



Olive or bronzed, black-spotted, with 2 whitish streaks on each 

 side of the back ; temples covered with small many-sided shields ; 

 ventral shields 8-rowed ; femoral pores 9 — 12. i 



a, h. Adult and young, in spirits. Shores of the Mediterranean. 

 Smyrna ? Presented by J. Miller, Esq. R.N. 



The LoNG-TOED Ophiops. Ophiops raacrodactylus, Berthold. 

 Weigm. Arch. 1841, 118. 



Olive-green, black-spotted, without any dorsal streaks or eyed 

 spots on the thighs ; toes very long; tail twice as long as the body. 



Inhab. Asia Minor. 



