Eremias. 343 



Lacerta levcosticfa, Lichtenst. op. eil. p. 142. 



Podarcis variahiJiK, Mc'nrtr. Cat. Rais. p. G2 (1832) ; Sclireib. Herp. 

 Eur. p. 380 (1875). 



Podarcis irritans^, Mrut'tr. I.e. 



Lacerta deserti, Andrzcj. N. Mrm. Soc. Nat. Mosc. ii. 1832, p. 324. 



Eremias variahiliit, Wieg-m. Herp. Mex. ]>. !* (1834) ; Duiii. & Bibr. 

 Erp. CIcn. V, p. 292 (1839) ; DcMiiidoff, Yoy. Kuss. Mc'r. iii, p. 339, 

 Kept. pi. i, figs. 3, 4 (1840) ; A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Kept. pi. 

 xlviii, fin-. 2 (1845). 



Podarcis deserti, Eicliw. Faun. Casp.-Caiic. p. 77 (1841). 



Eremias orgnta, Grray, Cat. Liz. p. 39 (1845) ; Kessler, Tr. St. 

 Petersb. Nat. Soc. viii, 1878, p. 170; Boettg. iu Radde, Faun. Flor. 

 Casp.-Geb. p. 54 (188G) ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. lul (1887); 

 Nikolsky, Fedtscbeuko's Reise, Zool. ii, pt. vii, p. 30 (1899) ; 

 Kiritzescu, Bui. Soc. Sc. Buchar. x, 1901, p. 315 ; Elpatiebski, Amph. 

 Kept. Aval Exped. p. 18, pi. ii (1903); Nikolsky, Herp. Ross. p. 158 

 (1905) ; Bedriaga, Wiss. Res. Przewalski Reis., Amph. Rept. p. 624 

 (1912); Schreik Herp. Eur., Ed. 2, p. 344 (1912); Nikolsky, Herp. 

 Caucas. p. 101 (1913) ; Bouleug. J„urn. Zool. Res. iii. 1918, p. 8. 



Podarces (Eremias) arijiita, Strauch, Voy. Przewalski, Rept. p. 27 

 (1876). 



Eremias arguta, vnr. jiotanini, Bedi'iaga, op. cit. p. 631. 



Habit stout, l)ody feebly depressed. Head feebly depressed, 14 to 

 If times as long as broad, its length 3^ to 4i times in length to vent 

 in males, 3^ to 4;i times in females ; cheeks more or less swollen in 

 males ; snout obtuse or obtusely pointed, with the nasals more or less 

 swollen, as long as or a little shorter than the postocular part of the 

 head, with a distinct median concavity above, extending to the middle 

 or the posterior extremity of tlie frontal shield ; cauthus rostralis 

 obtuse, loreal region feebly concave. Pileus Ij to 2 times as long as 

 broad. Neck as bi-oad as or broader than the head. Hind limb 

 reaching the elbow, the axil, or the shoulder in males, the wrist or the 

 elbow in females ; foot as long as the head or slightly longer or slightly 

 shoi-ter ; toes short, not compressed, slightly denticulated laterally. 

 Tail as long as head and l)ody, or a little shorter or a little longer 

 (exceptionally If times), more or less flattened at the base, especially 

 in males, sometimes feebly compressed posteriorly. 



Upper head-shields more or less convex, smooth or rugose ; nasals 

 in contact behind the rostral, the suture between them ^ to f the 

 length of the frontonasal, which is broader than long ; prefrontals as 

 long as broad or longer than broad, usually forming a median suture, 



