76 Lacertidx. 



41 to 60 scales across middle of body, dorsals more or less 

 strongly keeled ; ventrals in 12 lonj^dtudinal and 27 to 33 

 transverse series ....... Var. maculatus. Gray. 



B. Snout more pointed, a little longer than postocnlar part of head. 



46 to 65 (usually 50 to 58) scales across middle of body, 

 dorsals usually smooth or feebly keeled ; ventrals in 12 

 (rarely 14) longitudinal and 27 to 33 transverse series. 



Var. latastii, Elgr. 

 II. Hind limb reaching the ear in males, the collar in females ; fourth toe at 



least a trifle longer than the head, vip to 1^ ; base of the tail much 



flattened, with the keels on the sides strongly raised, especially in males, 



producing a serrated outline. 



44 to 56 scales across middle of body, dorsals rather strongly 

 keeled; ventrals in 12 longitudinal and 27 to 33 transverse 

 series ........ Var. spinicauda, Doum. 



Takeu in the wide sense, A. pardalls shows the following range of 

 variation in the number of scales and plates : Scales across body, 

 41-68; longitudinal rows of ventrals, 12-16; transverse rows of 

 ventrals, 27-36 ; plates in collar, 8-15 ; gular scales, 23-36 ; femoral 

 pores, 15-25; lamellae under fourth toe, 17-23. 



6. ACANTHODACTYLUS MICROPHOLIS. 



Acanthodactylus nilcrophoUa, Blanf. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xiv, 

 1874, p. 33, and Zool. E. Persia, p. 383, pi. xxxi, tig. 2 (1876) ; 

 Bouleug. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 745, pi. Ixiii, fig. 3; Lataste, Ann. 

 Mus. Genova (2) ii, 1885, p. 503 ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz.iii, p. 63 (1887), 

 Faun. Ind., Eept. p. 171 (1890), and Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1918, 

 p. 147. 



Habit rather slender, Ijody moderately depressed. Head 1 \ times 

 as long as broad, its length 4 to 4:\ times in length to vent, its depth 

 equal to the distance between the centre of the eye and the tympanum ; 

 a lanceolate concavity from the frontonasal to tht^ middle of the 

 frontal ; snout obtusely pointed, as long as the postocular part of 

 the head, with rather sharp canthus and feebly concave loreal region ; 

 nasals feebly swollen. Pileus twice as long as l)road. Neck as broad 

 as the head. Hind linil) reaching the ear or the eye; foot 1-^ to H 

 times as long as the head ; fourth toe, from the base of the fifth, l|^to 

 1?, times as long as the head. Tail al)out twice as long as head and 

 body. 



Upper head-shields convex. Suture between the nasals short or 

 very short, not more than ', the Itnigth of the frontonasal, which is 



