19. AQAMA. 345 



with more or less distinct quadrangular brown or reddish spots 

 arranged symmetrically on the back ; sometimes some of the larger 

 scales lighter ; lower surfaces dirty white ; the breeding male's throat 

 with blue longitudinal lines. 



Total length 197 millim. 



Head 20 „ 



Width of head 19 „ 



Body 65 „ 



Fore limb 38 „ 



Hind limb 56 „ 



Tail 112 „ 



Egypt to Algeria. 



a-h. S . Egypt. J. Burton, Esq. [P.]. 



c-d. (S 2 • Tunis. Mr. Eraser [C.]. 



10. Agama persica. 



Agama persica, Blanf. Proc. Zuol. Soc. 1881, p. 674, pi. lix. 



Head moderate, convex, subcordiform. Nostril not tubular, 

 directed upwards and backwards, pierced on the canthus rostralis in 

 the posterior part of a flat nasal. Upper head-scales all more or 

 less distinctly keeled ; occipital not enlarged ; a few short spines 

 on the post-temporal region, and a few on the upper edge of the ear, 

 which is exposed and not larger than the eye-opening ; males with 

 a large gular pouch. Body roundish, moderately depressed, covered 

 above with unequal, rhomboidal, imbricate, keeled, shortly mucronate 

 scales, the largest not being twice as large as the smallest ; lateral 

 and ventral scales smaller, more or less distinctly keeled. Limbs 

 moderate ; tibia nearly as long as the skull (to occiput) ; third 

 finger shorter than fourth, fifth nob extending as far as second ; 

 third toe much shorter than fourth, fifth not extending as far as 

 first. Tail once and three fourths to twice and a half as long as 

 the distance from gular fold to vent, rounded, covered with equal 

 keeled scales. Males with a double row of anal pores. Grey-brown 

 or sandy-coloured above, with more or less distinct regular series of 

 large quadrangular dark spots on the back, and dark annuli on the 

 tail ; some of the enlarged scales frequently white ; the collar-pit 

 black ; lower surfaces whitish ; the breeding male's throat dark 

 blue. 



Total length 240 millim. 



Head 23 „ 



Width of head 20 „ 



Body 70 „ 



Fore limb 45 „ 



■ Hind limb 67 „ 



Tail 147 „ 



Persia ; Euphrates. 



a-d. cJ , $ , & hgr. Dehbid, Persia. ) ,rp ^ 

 e. Hgr. Kazerooa, Persia. ( ^^3'Pes.; 



f' 6 ' Euphrates Expedition. 



