254 REPTILES. 



and with a few rather larger (white) ones scattered on the sides ; 

 nostril near the front edge of the orbit. 

 a. Adull, in spirits. W. Australia. 



II. Body depressed. Back with imbricate scales. Throat ivith a 



cross fold. Terrestrial. 



a. Femoral pores none, Preanal pores distinct. Ears exposed. 



Agamina. 



* Preanal and abdominal pores in several roivs. Tail nnged. 



26. Laudakia. 



Head moderate, covered with small scales. Face-ridge dis- 

 tinct, angular. Nostril lateral, anterior. Throat rather lax, with 

 a cross fold behind. Paratoids and sides of the neck with groups 

 of tubercular scales. Nape with a slight crest. Back not crested. 

 Scales of the back moderate, rhombic ; of the sides smaller, with 

 scattered larger keeled ones ; of the belly rather larger and smooth ; 

 of the limbs larger, keeled. Vent with several series of porous 

 scales in front forming a callous patch, with a similar spot of po- 

 rous scales in the middle of the abdomen. Tail elongate, tapering, 

 with imbricate keeled rhombic scales, and with distant ring-like 

 wrinkles, rather dilated and depressed near the base. Toes 5-5, 

 elongate, unequal, the middle hinder nearly as long as the fourth. 



The Tubercular Laudakia. Laudakia tuberculata. Agama 

 tuberculata, Gray^ Zool. Jour. iii. 218. Illust. Ind. Zool. t. 16, 

 from Hardiv. Icon. ined. t. 84. Griffith^ A. K. ix. 56. Dum. et 

 Bib. E. G. ix. 488. 



Brown, with dark-edged paler spots on the sides ; the lower 

 part of the middle of the sides with cross bands of large keeled 

 scales ; upper part of the thighs with scattered tubercular spines. 



a. In spirits. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



b. In spirits. Singapore. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



27. Stellio. 



Head triangular, rather elongate, covered with unequal scales, 

 the hinder larger, sub-spinose. Face-ridge angular. Paratoids 

 and sides of the neck with groups of tubercular scales. Throat 

 lax, with a posterior cross fold. Body depressed, with a longitu- 

 dinal plait on each side. Scales of the back unequal ; of the 

 middle of the back larger, convex ; of the sides small, with scat- 

 tered larger convex, and groups of small spine-like scales ; of the 

 belly moderate, smooth ; of the limbs larger, spinose. Toes 5-5, 

 elongate, the third and fourth hinder toes equal. Femoral pores 

 none. Preanal pores in several cross rows, foraiing a triangular 

 callous patch, and with an elongate linear callous group of pierced 

 scales on the middle of the belly. Tail conical, round, ringed and 

 with whorls of spinose scales. 



