Eremias. 



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Measurements (iu niilliiuetres) : 



From end of snout to vent 



„ „ ,, fore liml 



Length of head 

 Width of head 



1. 

 45 

 18 

 11 

 7 

 5-5 

 15 

 23 

 13 

 90 



2. 



46 

 15 

 10 

 6-5 

 5 



14 

 23 

 13 

 79 



3. 



42 

 17 

 11 



7 

 5-5 

 16 

 25 

 14 

 100 



4. 



42 



16 



10 



6-5 



5-5 



15 



21 



12 



5. 



44 



14 



9 



6 



5 



13 



19 



11 



68 



Orau. 3. S, El Grolea 4. J*, Chiodma. 



Depth of head 

 Fore limb 

 Hind Iimli 

 Foot 

 Tail 



1. cJ, Orau. 2. 

 5. $ , Chiodma. 



Habitat. — Sinaitic Peninsula, Lower Eg-ypt ('?), Tunisia, Algeria 

 (Sahara and Province Orau), Morocco (between Mogador and Morocco 

 and Plateau of Chiodma), Rio de Oro, south of Morocco. In only a 

 few localities (Siuaitic Peninsula, Tunisia, Algerian Sahara) does this 

 variety appear to occur alongside with the typical form. 



Var. MARTINI. 



Eremias martini, Bouleng. Aun. & Mag. N. H. (6) xix, 1897, p. 467. 



Eremias gidlulata, part., Anders. Faun. Egypt, Rept. p. 174, 

 pi. xxiii. fig. 4 (1898). 



Eremias guttulata martini, O. Neumann, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. xxii, 

 1905, p. 396. 



Eremias guttulata, var. martini,liou\eug. Journ. Zool. Res. iii, 1918, 

 p. 9. 



The specimens from the borders of the Red Sea agree very nearly 

 Avith the var. olivieri in the shape of the snout and in the semi- 

 transparent palpebral disc composed of 4 to 6 pieces, but they are 

 remarkable for the low number of scales across the body (32 to 38) 

 and they are more handsomely striated than is the rule in the typical 

 form and the var. olivieri. They deserve to be distinguished as a 

 variety. 



The hind limb reaches the shoulder or the collar iu males, the axil 

 or the shoulder in females. 



In the type specimen, from Obok, the ventral plates are in 8 longi- 

 tudinal series, all the other specimens examined having 10 ; the 

 transverse series are 26 to 34 in number. 



10 to 14 femoral pores on each side. 



Qtvex or pale brown above, with two or three dark streaks on each 



