62 LACERTID^. 



in a cross series between the hind limbs. Ventral plates broader 

 than long, not quite so broad as in A. boskianus, in 10 longi- 

 tudinal series. Usually a median series of broad praeanals, pos- 

 terior largest. The adpressed hind limb reaches the tympanum, 

 or between the latter and the shoulder. Digital denticulationa 

 strong, shorter than the diameter of the corresponding part of the 

 toe, more developed on the outer than on the inner edge of the 

 fourth toe. Upper caudal scales strongly keeled ; basal subcaudals 

 smooth. Coloration as in A. bosJcianus, but iho light dorsal linea 

 narrower. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 210 From end of snout 



Head 17 to vent 75 



Width of head 13 Fore limb 27 



From end of snout Hind limb 49 



to fore limb 2^ TaH 135 



Syria, Northern Egypt. 



a-b. c? & hgr. Syria. 



c-d. 2 & tgr. Beyrut. 



4. Acantliodactylus schreiberi. 



Acanthodactylus savignyi (non And.), Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 387. 



, var. schreiberi, Bouleng. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1878, 



p. 188. 



-, part., Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1879-80, p. 178. 



schreiberi, Boulent/. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 746; Lataste, Ann. 



Mus. Gmov. (2) ii. l'88o, p. 505. 



Snout obtuse. Four supraoculars ; subocular not reaching the 

 lip ; temporal scales not keeled ; front edge of the ear indistinctly 

 denticulated. Dorsal scales minute, granular, smooth on the nape 

 and between the shoulders, slightly enlarged, rhomboidal, imbricate, 

 very obtusely keeled or tectiform towards the hinder part of the 

 body. Ventral plates broader than long, in 8 or 10 longitudinal 

 series. A median series of broad praeanals, posterior largest. 

 The hind limb reaches the shoulder. Digital denticulations rather 

 feebly developed, much shorter than the diameter of the correspond- 

 ing part of the toe, more developed on the outer than on the inner 

 edge of the fourth toe. Upper caudal scales keeled ; basal sub- 

 caudals smooth or indistinctly keeled. Greyish above, the young 

 ■with longitudinal white bands and series of small round white 

 spots in the interspaces ; adult with longitudinal series of blackish 

 spots. 



millim. millim. 



Total length (tail re- From snout to vent . 74 

 produced) 174 Fore limb 27 



Head 18 Hind limb 44 



Cyprus. 

 a. Hgr. Cyprus. Lord Lilford [P.]. 



