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14. Agama rnderata. 



Agama ruderata, Olivier, Voy. Emp. Ottom. ii. p. 429, pi. xxix. fig. 3. 



loricata, Reuss, Mus. Senckenb. p. 40, 



mutabilis, part., Bum. 8f Bibr. iv. p. 505. 



Eremioplanis ruderata, Fitzing. Sysl. Rept. p. 82. 

 Agama lessonee, De Filippi, Viag, Pers. p. 353. 

 Trapelus ruderatus, Anders. Proc. ZooL Soc. 1872, p. 384 ; Blanf. E. 

 Persia, p. 316 ; Mwray, Zool. Sind, p. 370. 



Head short and very convex. Nostril not tubular, lateral, pierced 

 in the posterior part of a small nasal just below the canthus rostralis. 

 Upper head-scales keeled or striated ; occipital not enlarged ; no 

 regular spines on the back of the head ; a small denticulation partly 

 covering the ear, which is smaller than the eye-opening. Males 

 without gular pouch. Body short, depressed, covered above with 

 small, irregular, more or less distinctly keeled, imbricate scales, inter- 

 mixed with scattered large, nail-like, pointed keeled scales ; ventral 

 scales smooth. Limbs moderate, with heterogeneous scales ; tibia 

 as long as the skull (to occiput) ; third finger a little shorter than 

 fourth, fifth not extending as far as second ; third toe much shorter 

 than fourth. Tail once and a half to twice as long as the distance 

 from gular fold to vent, rounded, with strongly keeled scales inter- 

 mixed with enlarged ones at the base. Males with a double row of 

 anal pores. Greyish or sandy-coloured above, variegated with 

 darker or with dark spots arranged in pairs along the back ; tail 

 with dark cross bars ; lower surfaces whitish, the male's throat 

 variegated with bluish grey. 



Total length 107 miUim. 



Head 19 „ 



Width of head 17 „ 



Body 60 „ 



Fore limb 35 „ 



Hind limb 51 „ 



Tail 88 „ 



Syria to Sind. » 



Or-h. (S $ . Shiraz. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



c. c^ . Road to Euphrates. C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 



d. 5 • Between Baalbeck and Shtora. Dr. Anderson [P.]. 



15. Agama pallida. 



Trapelus ruderatus, {nun Oliv.) Gray, Cat. p. 258. 

 Agama ruderata, (non Oliv ) Aud. Descr. Egypte, Rept. Suppl. p. 169, 

 pi. i. fig. 6. 



pallida, Retiss, Mils. Senckenb. p. 38, pi. iii. fig. 3. 



nigrofasciata, Reuss, I. c. p. 42. 



mutabilis, part., Dum. ^ Bibr. iv. p. 505. 



Trapelus aegyptius, Dttvem. R. A., Rept. pi. xiv. fig. 2. 

 mutabilis, (non Merr.) Blanf. E. Persia, p. 316, 



Head short, thick, very convex. Nostril not tubular, superior, 



