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9. POROMERA. 



Poromera, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 6 (1887) ; Mociiuard, Bull. Soc. 

 Philom. (8) ix, 1897, p. 6. 



Head-shields normal. Nostril pierced between the 

 nasal, two postnasals, and the first upper labial. Lower 

 eyelid scaly. Collar distinct. Back with large, plate- 

 like, subimbricate scales with strong keels forming con- 

 tinuous lines, sides with small juxtaposed scales ; ventral 

 plates pointed, imbricate, keeled. Digits slightly com- 

 pressed, with tubercular lamellse interiorly. Femoral 

 pores forming a long series. Tail very long, cylindrical. 



West Africa. 



Apart from the uumerous femoral pores, this genus reproduces the 

 characters of Tacliydromus, and has probably been evolved in the 

 West out of Lacerta as the former has in the East ; but whereas there 

 is every reason to believe that Tachijdromiis is directly derived from 

 Lacerta, the direct ancestor of Poromera would probably fall under 

 the genera Algiroides or Bedriagaia, or both, as expressed by the 

 following diagram : 



E. Asia. W. Africa. 



Poromera. 



Platyplacopus. Bedriagaia. 



Tarhijdromus, Apeltomtus. Algiroides. 



Lacerta. 



1. POROMERA FORDII. 



Tachydromusfordii, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1857, p. 48. 



Poromera fordii, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 6 (1887) ; Giinth. Ann. 

 & Mag. N. H. (6) xvii, 1896, p. 264 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900, 

 p. 449, pi. xxxi, fig. 1. 



Poromera haugi, Mocquard, Bull. Soc. Philom. (8) ix, 1897, p. 6. 



