76 Lacertidie. 



•11 to 60 scales across middle of body, dorsals more or less 

 strongly keeled; ventrals in 12 lono'itudinal and 27 to 33 



transverse series Var. maculatns. Gray. 



B. Snout more pointed, a little longer than postooular part of head. 

 . 46 to 65 (visually 50 to 58) scales across middle of body, 

 dorsals visually smooth or feebly keeled ; ventrals in 12 

 (rarely U) longitudinal and 27 to 33 transverse series. 



Var. latastii, Blgr. 



II. Hind limb reaching the ear in males, the collar in females ; fourth toe at 



least a trifle longer than the head, up to 1} ; base of the tail much 



flattened, with the keels on the sides strongly raised, especially in males, 



producing a sen-ated outline. 



44 to 56 scales across middle of body, dorsals rather strongly 

 keeled ; ventrals in 12 longitudinal and 27 to 33 transverse 

 series ........ Var. spinicauda, Doiim. 



Taken iu the wide seuse, A. jjanlalis shows the following range of 

 variation iu the number of scales and plates : Scales across body, 

 41-68; longitudinal rows of veutrals, 12-16; transverse rows of 

 ventrals, 27-36 ; plates iu collar, 8-15 ; gular scales, 23-36 ; femoral 

 pores, 15-25; lamellae uuder fourth toe, 17-23. 



6. AGANTHODACTYLUS MICROPHOLIS. 



Acai(thod(u-iijlii!< inicropholis, Blauf. Ann. A: Mag. N. H. (4) xiv, 

 1874, p. o3, and Zool. E. Persia, p. 383, pi. xxxi, fig. 2 (1876); 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 745, jjl. Ixiii, fig. 3; Lataste, Ann. 

 Mus. Geuova (2) ii, 1885, p. 503 ; Bouleug. Cat. Liz.iii, p. 63 (1887), 

 Faun. Ind., Kept. p. 171 (1890), and Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1918, 

 p. 147. 



Haliit rather slender, body moderately depressed. Head Ij times 

 as long as broad, its length 4 to 4-1- times iu length to veut, its depth 

 equal to the distance between the centre of the eye and the tympanum ; 

 a lanceolate concavity from the frontonasal to the middle of the 

 frontal ; snout obtusely pointed, as long as the postocular part of 

 the head, with rather sharp canthus and feebly concave loreal region ; 

 nasals feebly swollen. Pileus twice as long as broad. Neck as broad 

 as the head. Hind limb reaching the ear or the eye; foot 1^- to lA 

 times as loug as the head ; fourth toe, from the base of the fifth, l^to 

 li times as loug as the head. Tail about twice as long as head and 

 body. 



Upper head-shields eouvex. Suture between the nasals short or 

 very short, not more than ] the length of the frontonasal, which is 



