262 REPTILES. 



Egypt, i. t. 2,/. 2. Flem. Phis. Zool. ii. 277. Caudiverbera, Be- 

 lon. Aquat. i. 45. Gesner, Icon. v. 357. La Cordyle, Rondel. 

 Pais. 176. 



Green or greenish grey (not spotted) above ; with scattered 

 spines on the upper side of the thigh, and a few small conical tu- 

 bercles on the sides and loins ; femoral pores 16-16 or 18-18. 



a, b. Half grown and adult, in spirits. N. Africa, Egypt. Pre- 

 sented by J. Burton, jun. Esq. 

 c. Stuffed. N. Africa. Presented by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson. 



The Spined Mastigure. Uromastix acanthinurus. Bell, 

 Zool. Joui-n. 1825, i. 457, t. 17. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 544. U. 

 dispar, Ruppell^ Z. N. Afr. 5. Gray, Griff. A. K. ix./. 1. 



Yellowish grey or olive, black-dotted, sometimes black and 

 white spotted ; with crowded spines on the upper part of the thighs 

 and small tubercles upon the sides ; femoral pores large, 13-13 or 

 14-14. 



Inhab. N. Africa. Mus. Bell. Mus Paris. 



The Banded Mastigure. Uromastix fasciatus, Menestries^ 

 Cat. Ries. 64. 



Scales small, irregular, far apart, with numerous larger scales 

 placed in cross bands ; femoral pores continued. 



Inhab. Kussia, Bakou. Mus. Petersburg. 



34. Saara. Uromastix, B. Dum. et Bib. 



Head very short, broad, much arched. Body depressed, with 

 a fold on each side of the back. Scales minute, equal. Tail 

 short, broad, depressed ; upper part with cross bands of compress- 

 ed conical scales, separated by other rings of granular and smooth 

 square scales; beneath covered with square, smooth, imbricate 

 scales. Femoral pores distinct. 



The Saara. Saara Hardwickii. Uromastix Hardwickii, Gray, 

 Zool. Journ. iii. 219. Illust. Ind. Zool. t. Griff. A. K. ix. 62. 

 Hardw. Icon. ined. t. 89 — 93. U. reticulatus, Cuv. R. A. ii. 34. 

 Guerin, Icon. t. 6,f. 4. U. griseus, Cuv. R. A. ii. 34. Gray, Gr. 

 A. K. ix. 62. Bum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 548, young ? 



Grey, reticulated with black ; a large black spot on each groin. 



a. Adult, in spirits. Hindustan, Plains of Kanouge. Presented 



by General Hardwicke. 



b. Adult, in spirits. Hindustan. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



c. d. Stuffed. India. 



35. Leiolepis, Cuvier. Cynosaura, Schlegel. 



Head triangular, covered with smooth scales, over the eyelids 

 smaller. Muzzle arched. Nostril lateral. Throat lax, with a 

 cross fold behind, and some folds on the sides of the neck. Scales 



