Acaiifhodacti/lus. 47 



middle of the Ijody. 22 to 24 femoral pot-es on each side. 21 or 22 

 lamellte under the fourth toe. 



Reddish lirown above with two grey lines along the back and two 

 white streaks, which may l)e edged with dark grey or break up into 

 spots, ou each side ; a median grey line on the nape in one of the 

 specimens ; small black spots may be present between the light longi- 

 tudinal streaks ; limbs with round, white, dark-edged spots. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent ..... 74 



,, ,, ,, fore limit . . . .26 



Length of head . . . . .17 



Width of head 11 



Depth of head 9 



Fore limb 24 



Hind limb 39 



Foot 22 



Tail 127 



Two specimens were obtained by Mr. Kiggenbach in the Tamaruth 

 Valley (altitude about 1500 m.) ; a third, labelled Atlas of Morocco, 

 was presented to the British Museum by Mr. E. Or. B. Meade Waldo. 



Var. MAUEITANICUS, Doumergue. 



Distinguished from the var. heUl by the dorsal scales, which are flat, 

 rhombic, sul (imbricate, and strongly keeled from the uaj^e or between 

 the shoulders to the base of the tail, the keels sharj^ly defined, exactly 

 as in the var. lineoniactdat/is, from which it differs in the subocular 

 bordering the mouth, between the fourth and fifth upper labials.* 



Suture between the nasals J to ^ the length of the f rontonasalf ; 

 the distance between the second loreal and the anterior supraocular 

 sometimes longer than the latter, rarely a little shorter ; often two 

 series of granules between the supraoculars and the superciliaries, of 

 which there are 5 or 6, rarely 7 ; tympanic shield constantly present. 

 Tail 1| to 1^ times as long as head and body. 



53 to 65 scales across the body. 22 to 26 femoral pores. 20 to 23 

 lamella) under the fourth toe. « 



Coloration as in var. belli, but adult often with black spots on the 

 vertebral area. Doumergue mentions a series of yellow spots ou the 

 sides and a yellow streak just above the ventral region. Tail often 

 pink, In-ight vermilion in females during the l)reeding season. 



* Douuieigue, who has examined many specimens, has met witli but a single 

 exception. 



t Wliicli is longitudinally divided into two in one sjieL-imen only (S. t'luz). 



