1864.] OF REPTILES AND FISHES FROM PALESTINE. 489 
*Seps monodactylus, Gthr. Galilee, Merom, Mount Hermon. 
Plestiodon auratus, Schn. Dead Sea. 
Euprepes fellowsii, Gray. Jerusalem, Merom, Mount Hermon, 
Galilee, Beersheba. 
Gongylus ocellatus, Forsk. Jerusalem, Dead Sea, Gilead. 
Ptyodactylus gecko, Hasselq. Jerusalem, Mount Hermon, Dead 
Sea. 
Stenodactylus guttatus, Cuv. 
Gymnodactylus geckoides, Spix. Mount Carmel. 
Stellio cordylina, Laur. Galilee. 
Trapelus sinaita, Heyden. Dead Sea. 
Chameleon vulgaris, Daud. Merom, Galilee, Dead Sea. 
OPpHIDIANS. 
*Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus, Gthr. Merom. 
Ablabes coronella, Schi.¢ Lebanon, Merom, Galilee. 
Ablabes modestust, Martin. Galilee, Lebanon, Mount Hermon. 
Ablabes decemlineatus, D. & B. Galilee, Lebanon, Merom. This 
species differs constantly from 4. modestus in having the posterior 
and anterior chin-shields of equal length, whilst in 4. modestus the 
anterior are much longer than the posterior. Moreover it has never 
the black markings on the head and neck. 
Zamenis dahl, Schleg. Mount Tabor. 
Z. ventrimaculatus, Gray. Dead Sea. 
Z. caudolineatus§, Gthr. Jerusalem, Hiram’s Tomb, Nazareth. 
Z. atrovirens, Shaw. Galilee, Merom. 
Var. carbonaria\||. Galilee, Merom. 
Tropidonotus hydrus, Pall. Jerusalem, Galilee, Merom, Lake 
Phiala. 
Tachymenis vivax, Fitz. Jerusalem, Mount Tabor. 
Celopeltis lacertina, Wagl. Jerusalem, Galilee. 
Eryx jaculus, Hasselq. Galilee. 
Daboia zanthinaG], Gray. Galilee. 
Vipera euphratica, Martin. Galilee. 
V. ammodytes, L. Syria, Lebanon. 
Echis arenicola, Boie. Dead Sea. 
BATRACHIANS. 
Rana esculenta, L. Dead Sea**, Galilee, Merom, plains of Phoe- 
nicia. : 
Bufo pantherinus, Boie. Dead Sea**, Mount Carmel. 
Hyla arborea, L. Dead Sea, Jerusalem, Wady-el-Kurn. 
+ Calamaria coronella, Schleg. This is not a true Calamaria, having two pairs 
of frontal shields. The loreal shield is small, sometimes absent ; specimens with- 
out loreal have been called Homalosoma coronelloides, Jan. 
+ Eirenis rothii, Jan, is not specifically distinct. 
§ All the specimens from Palestine have the scales in 25 series. 
|| Some of the specimens are entirely black, and have the eye a little smaller. 
q Vipera confluenta, Cope, is very closely allied to it. 
** Among the numerous specimens of Rana esculenta and Bufo pantherinus col- 
