Eremias. 343 



Lacerta leucoaficta, Licliteiist. op. fit. p. 142. 



Podarcis variahili.-', Mt'm'tr. Cat. ]vais. p. 02 (1832) ; Sclireib. Herp. 

 Eur. p. 380 (1875). 



Podarcis irrifcms, Mi'iic'tr. I.e. 



Lacerta deserti, Andrzej. N. Mc'm. Soc. Nat. Mosc. ii. 1832, p. 324. 



Eremias variahlUs, Wies,nn. Herp. Mex. p. 9 (1834) ; Dum. & Bibr. 

 Erp. Gt'n. v, p. 292 (1839) ; Di'midoff, Voy. Euss. Mer. iii, p. 339, 

 Eept. pi. i, figs. 3, 4 (1840) ; A. Smith, ill. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. pi. 

 xlviii, fig. 2 (1845). 



Podarcis deserti, Eicliw. Faun. Casp.-Cauc. p. 77 (1841). 



Eremias an/uta, Grray, Cat. Liz. p. 39 (1845) ; Kessler, Tr. St. 

 Petersb. Nat. Soc. viii, 1878, p. 170 ; Boettg. iu Eadde, Faun. Flor. 

 Casp.-Geb. p. 54 (1886) ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 101 (1887) ; 

 Nikolslcy, Fedtschenlco's Eeise. Zool. ii, pt. vii, p. 36 (1899) ; 

 Kiritzescu, Bui. Soc. Sc. Buchar. x, 1901, p. 315 ; Elpatiebski, Amph. 

 Rept. Aral Exped. p. 18, pi. ii (1903): Nikolsky, Herp. Ross. p. 158 

 (1905) ; Bedriaga, Wiss. Res. Przewalski Reis., Amph. Rept. p. 624 

 (1912); Schreib. Herp. Eur., Ed. 2, p. 344 (1912); Nikolsky, Herp. 

 Caucas. p. 101 (1913) ; Bouleng. Journ. Zool. Res. iii, 1918, p. 8. 



Podarces (Eremias) arguta, Straucli, Voy. Przewalski, Rept. p. 27 

 (1876). 



Eremias arguta, var. jjotaiiiui, Bedriaga, op. cit. p. 631. 



Habit stout, body feeljly depressed. Head feebly depressed, IJ- to 

 1|- times as long as broad, its length 3i to 4f times in length to vent 

 iu males, 3i to 4s times iu females ; cheeks more or less swollen in 

 males ; snout obtuse or obtusely pointed, with the nasals more or less 

 swollen, as long as or a little shorter than the postocular part of the 

 head, with a distinct median concavity above, extending to the middle 

 or the posterior extremity of the frontal shield ; canthus rostralis 

 obtuse, loreal region feebly concave. Pileus If, to 2 times as long as 

 broad. Neck as broad as or broader than the head. Hind limb 

 reaching the ell)ow, the axil, or the shoulder in males, the wrist or the 

 elbow in females ; foot as long as the head or slightly longer or slightly 

 shorter ; toes short, not compressed, slightly denticulated laterally. 

 Tail as long as head and body, or a little shorter or a little longer 

 (exceptionally If times), more or less flattened at the base, especially 

 in males, sometimes feebly compressed posteriorly. 



Upper head-shields more or less convex, smooth or rugose ; nasals 

 in contact behind the rostral, the suture between them {- to j the 

 length of the frontonasal, which is liroader than long ; prefrontals as 

 long as broad or longer than broad, usually forming a median suture, 



