52 0ECEONID^. 



Hind limb 37 millim. 



Tail 45 „ 



Persia. 

 a. cJ . Rayin, S.E, of Karman (8000 ft.). W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



12. PRISTURUS. 



Pristurus, Riippell, N. Wirhelth. Faun. Abyss,, Bept. p. 16 ; Fttdng. 



Syst. Bept. p. 91 ; Ch-ay, Cat. p. 171. 

 Gymnodactylus, part., Dum. 8r Bibr. ill. p. 408, 

 Spatalura, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 236. 



Digits slender, clajv^ed, cylindrical at the base ; the distal pha- 

 langes compressed, forming an angle with the basal portion of the 

 digits, the lower surface of which has a row of plates. Body not 

 depressed, covered with uniform granules. Tail compressed, keeled. 

 Pupil circular ; eyelid distinct all round the eye. No praeanal nor 

 femoral pores. 



North-east Africa ; South-west Asia. 



Synopsis of the Swedes. 

 I. Rostral plate entering the nostril. 



Hind limb, when stretched forwards, 

 reaching axilla; upper caudal keel 

 denticulate 1. fiavvpunctatus, p. 52. 



Hind limb reaching the ear-opening or 

 between the shoulder and the ear- 

 opening ; upper caudal keel denticulate 2. rwpestris, p. 53. 



Hind limb reaching to between the ear- 

 opening and the eye ; upper caudal 

 keel not denticulate 3. insignis, p. 54. 



n. Nostril separated from the rostral. 



Tail at least as long as the body, crest- 

 less ; abdominal scales much larger 

 than dorsals 4. crudfer, p. 55. 



Tail at least as long as the body, with 



strong upper and lower crest 5. collaris, p. 55. 



Tail much shorter than the body, with 



strong upper and lower crest 6. carteri, p. 55. 



1. Pristnms flavipnnctatus. 



Pristurus flavipunctatus, Gray, Cat. p. 171. 

 Pristurus flavipunctatus, Buj)p. N. Wirhelth. Favn. Abyss., Bept. 



p. 17, pi. vi. fig. 3. 

 Gymnodactylus flavipunctatus, Dum. 8r Bibr. iii. p. 417. 

 Saurodactylus (Pristiurus) flavipunctatus, Fitz. Syst. Bept. p. 91. 



Head short and high: snout subacuminate, longer than the 

 distance between the eye and the ear-opening, once and one third 



