86 LACERTID^. 



4. Eremias "brenneri. 



Eremias brenneri, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1860, p. 432 *. 

 Acanthodactylus mucronatus, Blanf. Zool. Abyss, p. 453, fig. 

 Eremias mucronata, Giinth. Zvol. liec. 1870, p. 71. 



brenneri, var. striatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1874, p. 370 *. 



lufjubris (non Smith), Vaill. Miss. jRevoil aux Pays Comalis, 



Hept^-p. 23. ' 



Pseuderemias lineolata, Boettg. Ahh. Sench. Ges. xiii. 1883, p. 118*. 

 Boulensreria mucronata, Lutaste, Ann. Mus. Geneva, (2) ii. 1885, 



p. 117. 

 brenneri, Lataste, I. c. p. 122. 



Head much depressed ; snout long and acutelj* pointed. Xasals 

 sliglitly swollen, lower divided, the nostril being pierced between 

 four shields ; frontonasal longer than broad, separated from the 

 rostral ; two prsefrontals ; frontal strongly grooved ; three large 

 supraoculars, anterior smallest and sometimes broken up into two 

 or three, the two others bordered externally, internally, and pos- 

 teriorly with granules ; interparietal small, separated from the very 

 small occipital by another small shield ; an elongate shield on the 

 outer border of the parietals ; temporal scales granular, smooth ; 

 no auricular denticulation ; lower eyelid scaly ; subocular usually 

 reaching the lip, wedged in between the sixth and seventh (excep- 

 tionally fifth and sixth, or seventh and eighth) upper labials ; the 

 two first labials in contact with the nasals ; the two or three 

 anterior pairs of chin-shields in contact. Collar curved, per- 

 fectly free, with 7 to 9 plates. Dorsal scales granular, juxtaposed, 

 smooth or obtusely keeled, 65 to 70 across the middle of the 

 body. Six straight longitudinal series of large, broad ventral 

 plates, and an outer series of small, narrow ones on each side ; 

 they form 24 to 27 straight transverse series. A large median 

 prseanal. The hind limb reaches the eye or a little beyond ; toes 

 strongly compressed ; the length of the foot equals the distance 

 between the arm and the nostril or the tip of the snout ; a 

 series of very large and one of smaller subtibial plates ; scales 

 on upper surface of tibia much larger than dorsals, rhomboidal, 

 imbricate, keeled ; a series of large, hexagonal, transverse shields 

 on the upper surface of the arm. 15 to 18 femoral pores. Tail 

 more than twice as long as head and body ; upper caudal scales 

 strongly keeled ; basal subcaudals smooth. Pale yellowish or 

 greyish above ; a black, light-edged vertebral band ; sides of the 

 back reticulated with blackish, or with two blackish, white-dotted 

 longitudinal bands on each side ; limbs blackish above, with round 

 whitish spots ; lower surfaces white. 



niillim. millim. 



Total length 162 From end of snout to 



Head 14 vent 50 



Width of head .... 7-5 Fore limb 18 



From end of snout Hind limb 42 



to fore limb 22 Tail 112 



* Types examined. 



