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(^ Inland of Berbera 



5. PHILOCHORTUS HARDEGGERI. 



Latastla hardegijerl, Steind. Ann. Hofmus. Wien, vi, 1891, p. 371, 

 pi. xi; Bouleng-. Zool. Rec. 1893, Rept. p. 23; Toruier, Zool. Jahrb., 

 Syst. xxii, 1905, p. 375. 



Eremias hetewlepis, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1893, pp. 115, 193. 



Latastia degeni, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xi, 1903, p. 55. 



PhilochoHus hardeggeri, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1917, p. 154, 

 pi. ii, figs. 4, 5. 



Head and ])ody rather depressed. Head about H times as long as 

 Jiroad, its dejDtli equal to the distance between the anterior corner or 

 the centre of the eye and the tympanum, its length 4.^ to 5 times in 

 length to vent ; snout pointed, as long as postocular part of head, 

 with rather sharp canthus. Pileus If to 2 times as long as broad. 

 Neck as broad as the head or a little narrower. Hind limb reaching 

 the shoulder, the collar, or between the collar and the ear ; foot 

 1| to If times as long as head ; toes slender, compressed. Tail 

 2f to 3;^ times as long as head and body. 



Nostril between three shields, or separated from the upper labial 

 and the postnasal by a narrow rim; nasals forming a suture liehind 

 the rostral, the suture .', to | the length of the frontonasal, which is 

 much broader than long, and broader than the internarial space ; 

 prefrontals forming a short median suture ; frontal as long as its 



