Gasfrapholis. 115 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to veut . 



fore limb . 

 Lentrth of head .... 

 Width of head .... 

 Depth of head .... 

 Fore limb ..... 

 Hiud limb ..... 



Foot 



Tail 162 — 



Parficiilara of Specimens Examined {types). 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 



i Khan Agach 10.3 CO 16 31 11 28 20-18 20 5 



«0 Ul 18 31 10 30 22-24 20 4 



? Jerud y.5 64 10 32 10 35 22-23 20 4 



This fine lizard, the giant of the genus Acanthodacti/Ius, was 

 discovered a few years ago in Syria by M. Henri Gadeau de Kerville, 

 who obtained several specimens at Jerud and Ataibe, east of 

 Damascus, and near Khan Agach, between Damascus and Kutaife. 



7. GASTROPHOLIS. 



GastrophoUs, J. Ct. Fischer, Abh. Nat. Ver. Ham)), ix, 188<3, i, p. 1 ; 

 Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 7 (1887). 



Head-shields normal. Nostril pierced l^etweeii the 

 nasal and a po.stnasal.* Lower eyelid scaly. Collar well 

 marked. Dorsal scales small, juxtapoised ; ventral plates 

 obtusely pointed, imbricate, keeled. Digits .snbcvlin- 

 drical, with smooth scales inferiorl}'. Femoral pores. 

 Tail long, cylindrical. 



East Africa. 



Apart from the keeled ventral plates this genus shows the characters 

 of Nucras, but it is equally related to Lacerta, as the form and lepi- 

 dosis have more in common with L. echinata than with any other 



* This statement has been challenged by Tornier, who appeals to a photo- 

 graphic figure given by him to show that I must have been mistakeji. This 

 figure is, however, so blm-red that it fails to establish his point. I can make 

 no correction to my original definition of the genus. 



