Scaptira. 



365 



side; subdi^^-ital lamella? keeled, 19 to 22 under the fourth toe; ungual 

 lamella without lateral eulargeuieut. 



Upper caudal scales very lai-ge, acutely pointed or even uiucrouate, 

 strongly and diagoually keeled ; basal subcaudals feebly keeled ; 19 to 

 21 scales in the fourth or fifth whorl behind the postanal granules. 



Pale sand-colour above, with 5, 6, or 7 dark brown or blackish dorsal 

 streaks, the outer broadest and extending to the supraocular region ; 

 two lateral streaks on each side, the upper broader, originating behind 

 the nostril, passing above the tympanum and extending on the 

 side of the tail, and sometimes with small white spots, the lower 

 originating below the eye and passing through the tympanum ; 4 or 

 5 streaks on the pelvic region and 3 on the upper surface of the base 

 of the tail ; a dark streak along the upper part of the uj^per labials ; 

 limbs dark brown with large round white spots. Lower parts white. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent 



,, ,, ,, fore limb 



Length of head 

 Width of head 

 Depth of head 



Fore limb .... 

 Hind limb .... 



Foot 



Tail 



1. c;^ , Feizabad, E. Persia (type). 2. 9, 



A-skhabad, Transcaspia. 



Particulars of Specimens Examined. 



S Feizabad, E. Persia (type) 



$ Askhabad, Transcaspia 



$ Belkviju 



$ Perevahiaja „ 



J Tedshen „ 



41 60 14 30 10 25 ]4-12 20 



. . 37 57 14 32 12 23 

 Habitat. — Transcaspia, Bokhara, and Eastern Persia. 



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7. SCAPTIRA SCRIPTA. 



Podarces (Scapteira) scripta, Strauch, Mel. Biol. Ac. St. Petersb. vi, 

 1867, p. 424. 



Scapteira scripta, Severzow, Faun. Turkest. p. 72' (1873) ; Bouleng. 

 Cat. Liz. iii, p. 112 (1887) ; Alcock & Finn, Journ. As. Soc. Beng, 

 Ixv, ii, 1896, p. 559; Nikolsky, Fedtschenko's Eeise Turkest., Zool. ii, 



