AcantJiodactijlus. 97 



, „ , 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 



i Hadramut 52 30 14 29 11 25 22 22 6-5 



^ " 49 32 14 28 11 28 20-19 22 5 



45 28 14 30 7 25 21 22 5 



" " 45 32 14 30 11 26 21-19 22 5 



"^ " 40 32 16 30 9 26 19-20 21 5 



The three forms may be distinguished by the followiuo- numerical 

 characters : 



26 to 38 (usually 28 to 34) scales across middle of body ; 12 (rarely 14) 

 longitudinal series of ventral plates ; 25 to 37 (usually 28 to 31) gular scales in 

 a straight line n ^ . 



Forma fypica. 



38 to 44 scales across middle of body; 12 (rarely 10 or 14) longitudinal 

 series of ventral plates; 33 to 37 gular scales in a straight line. 



Var. blanfordii, Blo-r 



2/ to 35 scales across middle of body; 14 (rarely 16) longitudinal series of 



ventral plates ; 24 to 30 gular scales in a straight line . Var. arabica. Blor. 



10. ACANTHODACTYLUS SCUTELLATUS. 



Lacerta granimica, part., Lichtenst. Verz. Doubl. Mus Berl d 100 

 (1823). ■ ■ ^' 



Lacerta scutellata, Aud. Descr. Egypte, Eept., Suppl. p. 172 pi i 

 fig. 7 (1829) ; M.-Edw. Auu. Sc. Nat. xvi, 1829, pp. 74, 85, pi vi' 

 fig. 3; Hempr. & Ehreub. Symb. Phys., ZooL, Amph. pi ii fio- 4 

 (1899). ■ F F • , s- * 



Lacerta oUvieri, part., Aud. oji. cif. p. 174, pi. i, fig. 11. 



Lacerta dumerilii, M.-Edw. t.c. pp. 75, 85, pi. vii.'fig. 9. 



Scapteira inornata. Gray, Auu. N. H. i, 1838, p. 281. 



Mernles dumerilii, Gray, t.c. p. 282. 



Acanthodactyhts scutellattis, Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. v, p. 272 

 (1839); Gray. Cat. Liz. p. 64 (1845); Strauch, Erp. Alg. p. "36 

 (1862) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wieu, Ixii, i, 1870, p. 331 ; Bouleug. Bull. 

 Soe. Zool. Frauce, 1878, p. 185, aud Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881,''p. 744 

 pi. Ixiii, fig. 2 ; Boettg. Abh. Seuck. Ges. xii, 1881, p. 401 ; Lataste' 

 Auu. Mus. Geneva (2) li, 1885, p. 491 ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 64 

 (1887), aud Tr. Zool. Soc. xiii, 1891, p. 130; Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1892, p. 14; Werner, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wieu, xliv, 1894 p 82- 

 Koeuig, Reise Alg. p. 412 (1896) ; Auders. Zool. Egypt, Eept.' p. 161,' 

 pi. xxii (1898); Doumergue, Erp. Orau. p. 152, pi. x,"figs. 4-7 (1901); 

 Werner, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. xxvii, 1909, p. 606 ; Bouleug. Auu. Mus' 

 Geuova (3) vi, 1914, p. 79, and Bull. Soc. Zool. France 1918* 

 p. 148. 



Acanthodactylus inornatus. Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 38. 

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