A ca II til oda cfyhis 



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Ujjper caudal scales much larger thau the posterior dorsals, oblii|ue, 

 obtusely pointed, strongly aud diagonally keeled, the basals uearly as 

 long as broad, lower feebly keeled, smooth iu the basal part ; 28 or 30 

 scales iu the fourth whorl. 



Greyish above, with four longitudinal series of small daiker spots 

 on the back aud a rather indistiuct darker network ou the body white 

 beneath. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to veut 



,, ,, ,, fore liml) 



Length of head 

 Width of head 

 Depth of head 



Fore limb . . . . 



Hind lini)> . . . 



Foot 



Tail 



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Particulars of the Ti/pe Sjjecimens. 



This species is established on two specimens obtained by Capt. F. C. 

 Fraser at Zobeya, Shariba, Lower Mesopotamia. The male is 

 preserved iu the British Museum ; the female is in the Museum of the 

 Bomliay Natural History Society. 



12. ACANTHODACTYLUS GRANDIS. 



Acanthodactyhis (jrandis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) iv, 1909, 

 p. 189, and Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1918, p. 148. 



Form stout, heavy, body depressed. Head 1^ to 1 1^ times as long 

 as broad, its length about 4 times in length to vent, its dejjth equai to 

 the distance between the centre or the anterior corner of the eye and 

 the tympanum ; cheeks swollen ; a lanceolate concavity from the 

 frontonasal to the middle of the frontal ; snout obtuse or pointed, as 

 long as postoeular part of head, with obtuse canthus and feelily 

 concave loreal region ; nasals rather strongly swollen. Pileus twice as 

 long as broad. The hind limb reaches the axil or the shoulder ; foot 

 as long as or slightly longer than the head ; fourth toe, from the base 

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