Scaptir 



365 



side ; subdio-ital lamellae Iceeled, 19 to 22 under the fourth toe ; ungual 

 lamella without lateral enlargement. 



Upper caudal scales very large, acutely pointed or even mucronate, 

 strongly and diagonally keeled ; basal subcaudals feebly keeled ; 19 to 

 21 scales in the fourth or fifth whoii behind the postanal granules. 



Pale sand-colour above, with 5, 6, or 7 dark brown or blackish dorsal 

 streaks, the outer broadest and extending to the supraocular I'egion ; 

 two lateral streaks on each side, the upper broader, originating behind 

 the nostril, passing above the tympanum and extending on the 

 side of the tail, and sometimes with small white spots, the lower 

 originating below the eye and passing through the tympanum ; 4 or 

 5 streaks on the pelvic region and 3 on the upper surface of the base 

 of the tail ; a dark streak along the upper part of the upper labials ; 

 limbs dark brown with large round white spots. Lower parts white. 



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 

 1. J', Feizabad, E. Persia (type). 



Particuhas of Specimens E.raminecl 



A^skhabad, Transcaspia. 



Habitat. — Transcaspia, Bokhara, and Eastern Persia. 



7. SCAPTIRA SCRIPTA. 



Podarces (Scapteira) scrijjta, Strauch, Mel. Biol. Ac. St. Petersb. vi, 

 1867, p. 424. 



Scapteira scripta, Severzow, Faun. Turkest. p. 72 (1873) ; Bouleug. 

 Cat. Liz. iii, p. 112 (1887) ; Alcock & Finn, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 Ixv, ii, 1896, p. 559; Nilcolsky, Fedtscheuko's Eeise Turkest., Zool. ii, 



