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LACERTID^. 



4. Psamniodromus alginis. 



Algira barbjirica, Gray, Cat. p. 35. 

 Lacerta algira, Litoi. S. N. i. p. 363. 

 Scincus algira, Daud. Rept. iv. p. 2G9. 

 Tropidosaura algira, Fifzinr/. N. Class. Rept. p. 52 ; Dum. fy JBibr. v. 



p. 169; Bonap. Faun. Ital.; Straiich, Erp. Alg. p. 31; Boettg. 



Abk. Senck. (Jes. ix. 1874, p. 129; Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 455; 



Be Planer/, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1878, p. 309 ; Bedriaga, Arch. 



f. Nat. 1879, p. 332, and Abh. Senck. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 418. 

 Lacerta (Algira) ciivieri, Gray. Crriff". A. K. ix. Syn. p. 35. 

 Algira barbarica, Gucr. Icon. R. A., Rept. pi. v. tig. 2. 

 Psammiiros algira, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 156. 

 Alg-ira (Tropidosaura) algira, Boettg. Abh. Senck. Ges. xiii. 1883, 



p. 116, and in Kuhelt, Reis. Alg. Tunis, p. 468. 



The suture between the rostral and the first labial falls below the 

 centre of the nostril. No gular fold ; no trace of a collar. 30 or 

 32 (to 3G) scales round the middle of the bodj-, ventrals included. 

 Ventrals subequal, a little broader than long, roundish hexagonal, 

 strongly imbricate. The adpressed hind limb reaches the axilla 

 or the shoulder ; foot as long as the distance between the arm 

 and the anterior border of the orbit ; subdigital lamellae smooth, 

 tubercular, or feebly but distinctly bicarinate. IG to 20 femoral 

 pores on each side. Tail at least twice as long as head and body ; 

 upper caudal scales like the dorsals. Bronzy above, with one or 

 two golden, dark-edged lateral streaks ; male with a pale blue 

 ocellus above the shoulder, sometimes followed by one or two more ; 

 lower surfaces whitish. 



S_- 2. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 266 222 



Head 20 16 



Width of head 13 11 



From end of snout to fore limb .... 29 24 



From end of snout to vent 76 72 



Fore limb 27 24 



Hind limb 45 41 



Tail 190 150 



South of France, Spain and Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunis. 



a. 2 . Madrid. M. V. L. Seoane [P.]. 



b-c. (S 5 . Algarve. Dr. H. Gadow [C.]. 



d-f. c?,$, & yg- Tangiers. M. H. Vauclier [C.]. 



g, h, i, k. d" 2 . Algeria. 



'l-m. S & yg- ? St. George Mivart, Esq. [P.]. 



7. TROPIDOSAURA. 



Tropidosaura, part., Fitzing. N. Classif. Rept. p. 22 ; Dum. ^- Bibr. 



v. p. 163 ; Bedriaga, Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xiv. 1886, p. 417. 

 Tropidosaurus, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 35. 

 Tropidosaura, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 35. 



