19. AGAMA. 



365 



From snout to vent .... 100 millim. 



Head..' 25 „ 



Fore limb 50 „ 



Hind limb 75 „ 



Baluchistan. 



38. Agama nupta. 



Agama nupta, De Fil. Giorn. 1st. Lomb. vi. 1848, p. 407. 



Stellio carinatus, A. Dum. Cat. Meth. Rept. p. 107, and Arch. Mm. 



viii. p. 580. 

 nuptus, De Fil. Viagg. Persia, p. 352 ; Blanf. E. Pers. p. 317, 



pi. xix. fig. 1. 



Head depressed, triangular ; nostril rather large, slightly tubular, 

 pierced on the canthus rostralis ; upper head-scales smooth ; occipital 

 not enlarged ; borders of the tympanum and sides of neck with 

 groups of well-developed spines ; ear-opening much larger than the 

 eye-opening. Throat strongly plicate ; no gular pouch ; a trans- 

 verse fold on the neck. Body depressed ; a distinct curved fold 

 from the neck to the sides ; dorsal scales rather large, rhomboidal, 

 strongly imbricate, shortly mucronate, keeled, the keels forming 

 oblique lines converging towards the vertebral line ; flanks with 

 minute scales ; ventral scales smooth, much smaller than dorsals 

 and much larger than laterals. Limbs strong, digits compressed ; 

 scales on upper surface of limbs as large as, or a little smaller 

 than, the dorsals ; third and fourth fingers nearly equal ; fourth 

 toe slightly longer than third, fifth extending beyond first. Tail 

 round or slightly compressed, depressed at the base, nearly three 

 times as long as the distance from gular fold to vent ; caudal 

 scales larger than dorsals, mucronate, feebly keeled, forming regular 

 annuli. Male with a patch of anal pores and another of ventral 

 pores. Yellowish-brown above, uniform or with a darker network 

 or dots ; fore limbs dusky or blackish ; posterior half of tail black, 

 or annulate with black; gular region marbled yellow and dark 

 blue. 



Total length 456 mUlim. 



Head 41 „ 



Width of head 37 „ 



Body 115 „ 



Fore limb 76 „ 



Hind limb 113 „ 



Tail 300 „ 



Persia. 



a. Hgr. Persia, Marquis G. Doria [P.]. 



b-d. c?, $ , & hgr. S.E. of Rigan. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



e-f, g-h, i. c? , 5 > & Kazeroon. 



k. (S . Shiraz. India Museum. 



I. Ad., stuffed. Dizful. W. K. Loftus, Esq. [P.]. 



