Acanthodactylus. qk 



little more distiuctly ou the outer side of the fourth toe- 16 to n 

 umcarmate, rarely tricariuate lamellas under the fourth toe ' 



Upper caudal scales very oblique and diagonally keeled, those at the 

 base broader than long and often very obtusely keeled, lower smooth 

 m the basal part of the tail; 20 to 26 scales in the fourth or fifth 



Young from Egypt are still unknown,* but we mav surmise from the 

 tl 1 is ; -th -cas:onally an unpaired one on the nape, and that the 

 adult ' ' ' '' "' *'"'" °^ '^'' ^"^^^"' ^^ ^^^^' «^«" "^ the 



snoi^"^* T'' ^"T^"" ^"'^'' "' ^^^"-<^«1^^^- above, with blackish 



pots or a brown-black network and four dorsal and one or two lateral 



series of round or oval longitudinal series of white, yellow, or oran^^e 



spots ; sometimes traces of a median light streak on the nape ; limbs 



w h round light spots. Lower parts white, throat, breast and ides of 



belly sometimes speckled with grey. 



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 . . 



67 

 24 

 16 

 12 

 9 

 21 

 36 

 17 

 100 



9 

 65 

 22 

 15 

 11 



20 

 32 

 16 

 90 



The specimens from Palestine are referable to the typical form 

 from Egypt, differing only in the average laro-er size t bv whl h . 

 with the rather stout habitus, they approach' the va'I L^t "' ''tZ 

 ventral plates are identical, the dorsal scales are smooth an/ convex 



up into 8-10 scales in one; the subocular borders the lip in one 



* This is indeed very remarkable. Lataste, who failed to r.hf«;. 

 .n Al,eria, ascribed the fact to the early season at ^Wcl W eoltti 7„ J'"' 

 met with the same failure in Egypt, and he su^.e^fJlu ^'^^^''f, " ^^d^'son 

 by the female as a possible explanation wv "^^"'^"'^ *^" ^^^^'^^ «f ^Sgs laid 

 but surely there mL be at lelT^n ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



Apanlalis is quite abundant in the localities itCnts ""'' ''""^ 



to vfnT"" """'^ ' ""^'^ ^^^""^^'^ "^^^^-^°»- «^ """i-tres from snout 

 VOL. II. 



