( 78 ) 



It was foiiiul ill more or less samly tracts, iimler stones, and buried in sand, Imt 

 not among the dunes. 



According to Anderson (/.r.) and JVjnIenger (in lltl.), it has been recorded by 

 I'rof. Werner (under the name of S. giittatas) from Tonggonrt and Mraier. 



It is evidently this species also which Koeiiig {Reixen and Forsch. in Alycricn, 

 11. 404) records under the name Stenoilactylas ijuttalus ear. mauritanica, a name 

 which refers to another sj)ecie8 now called <S'. eleyans Fitz., and which I did not find 

 during the eNpeditioii. 



:i. Tarentola mauritanica deserti Lat. 



Tin'f Hilda iiutiiriliinifa fur. ilrsrrii LaUste in litt., Boulougcr, /.<■. p. 1 1.5, in tliu text. 



This very light, pale whitish flesh-coloured desert form is evidently the 

 southern representative of the northern T. 7nauritanica iwiuiilaidca (L.). It was 

 common in some of the Bordjs between El-Golea and Ghardaia, and in El-Golea 

 itself. We saw it also in Touggourt, and the specimen there had the same [lale 

 colour as the others. 



4. Tarentola neglecta .Strauch. 



Cf. UuulonyiT,/..-. p. in; : K.ioiiig. I.<: p. Kli; ; Werner, Vtrli. I.: /,. :;',l.-hnl. G,s. I«;i4, p. 77. 



Kef-el-l)or, on tlie outer wall of a building, in the forsaken buildings of Fort 

 Miribel, and at El-Golea. 



•">. Agama tournevillii Lat. 



Boulougcr, /.'-. p. IIH ; Koeni;,', l.r. p. 407. 



One specimen was brought in by one of our Arabs on the way from Unargla 

 to El-Golea, in March. In June we found this beautifully coloured species quite 

 common in the plain of KI-Arich. While close by in the stony tracts the (■oninion 

 Aijdma iiwrinis was frcipient, the rarer .1. tonnifxiUii were only seen in the sandy 

 desert, where they sat high up mi the bushes of lletama in the sun. They could 

 be canglit without great diificiilty, if not disturbed before. 



<i. Agama iuermis Heuss. 



( 'oiuraon from Hiskra to south of Fort Miribel, and specially numerous south 

 ol El-Golea and between Ghardaia and Touggourt, but never among the dunes. In 

 fact, typical for the stony Haiumada. (Jeiicrally sitting on stones, and caught by 

 our men with great dexterity. In this and other Agamas, the tails are almost 

 like wire, and not fragile as in so many other lizards. Specimens were therefore 

 always in good condition. Tiie variation in colour is astonishing. 



7. Agama bibronii Dumeril. 



Cf. Boulenger, ix. p. \W. 



This beautiful species was only seen on the sun-burnt black rocks of Aiu 

 Guettara and north of it, in the southernmost parts of the Oued Mya. The 



