258 Lacertidse. 



11. EREMIAS GUTTULATA. 

 FORMA TYPICA. 



Lacerfa gtiUuhda, Lichteiist. Verz. Doubl. Mus. Berl. p. 101 (1823) ; 

 Hempr. & Ehreub. Sjiub. Phys., Zool., Ampli. pi. ii, fig. 1 (1899). 



Lacerta olivieri, part., And. Descr. Egypte, Kept., Suppl. p. 175, 

 pi. ii, fig. 1 (1829) ; M.-Edw. Aun. Sc. Nat. xvi, 1829. pp. 73, 84. 



Scapteira punctulata, Gray, Aun. N. H. i, 1838, p. 281. 



Eremias 2>ardalis (iion Licht.), Dum. A:. Bibr. Erp. Gi'u. v, p. 312 

 (1839). 



Mesalina pardalis, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 43 (1845) ; Blauf. Zool. E. 

 Pers. p. 377 (1876). 



Eremias guttulata, A. Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Rept. pi. xlviii, fig. 8 

 (1845) ; Peters, Mou. Berl. Ac. 1880, p. 308 ; Nikolsky, Fedsclienko's 

 Reise, Zool. ii, pt. vii, p. 34 (1899); Doumergue, Erp. Orau. p. 198, 

 pi. XV, fig. 1 (1901); Auders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, ii, p. 145; 

 Auderss. in Jilgersk. Res. Swed. Exped. Egypt, i, no. 4, p. 7 (1904) ; 

 Bouleng. Journ. Zool. Res. iii, 1918, p. 5. 



Eremias (Mesalina) vmtsonana, Stoliczka, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 

 1872, p. 86. 



Mesalina pardaloides, Blanf. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xiv, 1874, 

 p. 32, and Zool. E. Pers. p. 381. 



Mesalina guttidata, Blanf. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlviii, 1879, p. 127. 



Podarces (Eremias) pardalis, Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1879-80, p. 50. 



Eremias cjuttulata, part., Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 87 (1887), Faun. 

 Iud.,Rept. p. 177 (1890), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xiii, 1891,p. 132 ; Anders. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 15, Herp. Arab. p. 43 (1896), and Zool. 

 Egypt, Rept. p. 174, pi. xxiii, fig. 3 (1898) ; Nikolsky, Herp. Ross, 

 p. 144 (1905) ; Werner, Zool. Jalirb., Syst. xxvii, 1909 ,'p. 608. 



Eremias pardaloides, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. I.e. 



Head and body rather strongly depressed. Head 1? to 1^ times as 

 long as broad, its length 3f to 4 times in length to vent in males, 4 to 

 4i times in females, its depth equal to the distance between the 

 centre of the eye and the tympanum ; snout pointed, with the nasal 

 shields more or less swollen, as long as broad or a little longer than 

 broad, as long as or slightly longer than the postocular part of the 

 head; canthus rostralis obtuse or sharp, loreal region feebly concave; 

 a more or less distinct concavity in the middle of the upper surface of 

 the snout, extending to the middle or to the posterior extremity of the 

 frontal shield. Pileus If to 2 times as long as ln*oad. Neck as broad 

 as the head or a little constricted. Hind limb reaching the collar or 



