97 



The three forms mav be distinguished by the follDwiiiL;- uunierical 

 characters : 



26 to 38 (visxxally 28 to 34) scales across middle of body; 12 (rarely 14) 

 longitudinal series of ventral plates ; 25 to 37 (usually 28 to 31) gular scales in 

 a straight line Forma typica. 



38 to 44 scales across middle of body ; 12 (rarely 10 or 14) longitudinal 

 series of ventral plates; 33 to 37 gular scales in a straight line. 



Var. blanfordii, Blgr. 



27 to 35 scales across middle of body; 14 (rarely 16) longitudinal series of 

 ventral plates ; 24 to 30 gular scales in a straight line . Var. a cad ica, Blgr. 



10. ACANTHODACTYLUS SCUTELLATUS. 



Larerta i/ ram mica, part., Lichteust. Verz. Doubl. Mus. Berl. p. 100 

 (1823). 



Lacerta scutellata, Aud. Descr. Egypte, Eept., Suppl. p. 172, pi. i, 

 fig'. 7 (1829) ; M.-Edw. Aim. Sc. Nat. xvi, 1829, pp. 74, 85, pi. vi, 

 fig. 3 ; Hempr. & Ehreub. Symb. Phys., ZooL, Amph. pi. ii, fig. 4 

 (1899). 



Lacerta olivieri, part., Aud. op. cU. p. 174, pi. i, fig. 11. 



Lacerta dumerUu, M.-Edw. t.c. pp. 75, 85, pi. vii, fig. 9. 



Scapteira iiioriiata. Gray, Aim. N. H. i. 1838, p. 281. 



Meroles duiiierilii. Gray, t.c. p. 282. 



Acanthodacti/lns scutellatus, Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. v, p. 272 

 (1839) ; Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 64 (1845) ; Strauch, Erp. Alg. p. 36 

 (1862) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixii, i, 1870, p. 331 ; Bouleng. Bull. 

 See. Zool. France, 1878, p. 185, and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 744, 

 pi. Ixiii, fig. 2; Boettg. Abh. Seuck. Ges. xii, 1881, p. 401; Lataste, 

 Ann. Mus. Genova (2) li, 1885, p. 491 ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 64 

 (1887), and Tr. Znwl. Soc. xiii, 1891, p. 130 ; Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1892, p. 14; Werner, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xliv, 1894, p. 82 ; 

 Koenig, Eeise Alg. p. 412 (1896) ; Anders. Zool. Egypt, Eept. p. 161, 

 pi. xxii (1898); Doumergue, Erp. Orau. p. 152, pi. x, figs. 4-7 (1901); 

 Werner. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. xxvii, 19U9, p. 606 ; Bouleng. Ann. Mus. 

 Genova (3) vi, 1914, p. 79, aud Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1918, 

 p. 148. 



Acanthodactylus iiiorinitas, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 38. 



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