AcanfhoJacti/hif. 47 



middle of the liody. 22 to 24 femoral pores ou each side. 21 or 22 

 lamelhe under the fourth toe. 



Keddish Iwowii aliove with two groy lines along the back and two 

 white streaks, which may lie edged with dark grey or lireak up into 

 spots, on each side ; a median grey line ou the nape in one of the 

 speeimeus ; small ])lack spots may be present between the light longi- 

 tudinal streaks ; limbs with round, white, dark-edged spots. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to veut ..... 74 



., ,, ., fore linili . .26 



Length of head . . . .17 



Width of head 11 



Depth of head 9 



Fore limb ... . .24 



Hind limb 39 



Foot 22 



Tail 127 



Two specimens were obtained liy Mr. Kiggenliach in the Tamaruth 

 Valley (altitude about 15(10 m.) ; a third, labelled Atlas of Morocco, 

 was presented to the British Museum by Mr. E. G. B. Meade Waldo. 



Var. MAUEITANICUS, Doumergue. 



Distinguished from the var. belli l)y the dorsal scales, which are flat, 

 rhombic, subimbricate, and strongly keeled from the uape or betw'eeu 

 the shoulders to the base of the tail, the keels sharply defined, exactly 

 as in the var. Uneomaculatns, from which it differs in the sulwcular 

 Iwrdering the mouth, between the fourth and fifth upper labials.* 



Suture between the nasals J to \ the length of the frontouasalf ; 

 the distance between the second loreal and the anterior supraocular 

 sometimes longer than the latter, rarely a little shorter; often two 

 series of granules between the supraoculars and the superciliaries, of 

 which there are 5 or (i, rarely 7 ; tympanic shield constantly present. 

 Tail 1.1 to I3 times as long as head and body. 



53 to 65 scales across the body. 22 to 26 femoral pores. 20 to 23 

 lamellaj under the fourth toe. 



Coloration as in var. hdli, but adult often with lilack spots on the 

 vertebral area. Doumergue mentions a series of yellow spots on the 

 sides and a yellow streak just above the ventral region. Tail often 

 pink, In-ight vermilion in females during the breeding season. 



* DouiUL'i-f^ue, who has e.xamiucd many spochuens, has met with but a siiij^de 

 exception. 



t Which is longitudinally diviJud into twcj m one siiocimen only (^S. t ruz). 



