48 Lorerfida?. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent 



„ ,, ,, fore limb 



Length of head .... 

 Width of head .... 



Depth of head .... 



Fore limb ..... 



Hind limb 



Foot 



Tail 



1. c^'.Guelt-es-Stal. 2. 9 , Daya. 



Habitat. — Oran and nei^^hbourinj;' parts of the Province ; also near 

 Nemours and on the Plateaux. — The specimens from Telouet, Morocco, 

 mentioned by Chabauaud, prol)ably belong to this variety. 



Var. BLANCl, Doumergue. 



Agrees with the vars. mauritanlctcs and lineomaculatus in the shape 

 and strong cariuation of the scales on the body. 



Suture between the internasals ^ to i the length of the fronto- 

 nasal, which is sometimes longitudinally divided into two* ; some- 

 times an azygos shield incomjih^tely separating the prefrontalsf ; 

 distance between the second loreal and the anterior supraocular 

 exceeding the length of the latter in the adult ; usually a single series 

 of granules between the supraoculars and the superciliaries,+ of which 

 there are 6 or 7 ; subocular not reaching the oral margin, § wedged in 

 between the fourth and fifth upper labials. Tail 1^ to a little over 

 2 times length of head and body. 



54 to 68 scales across the middle of the liody. 18 to 25 femoral 

 pores. 19 to 23 lamelke under the fourth toe. 



Young lilackish aV)ove, with 4 yellow streaks along the back and 

 two on each side, with a yellow vertebral streak confined to the nape ; 

 series of round yellow spots along the dark bands ; head variegated 

 with black and yellow ; tail bluish beneath at the base, decidedly blue 

 at»the end. Adult grey or somewhat rufous, with the markings of 

 the young much effaced ; a lateral series of yellow sjiots or ocelli. A 

 large male in the Paris Museum has four chains of white, lilaek-edged 

 ocelli along the back. 



* In two sjieciiiiens. 



t 111 five specimens. 



X In two specimens there are two. 



§ Except in one male from Cape Bon. 



