LIZARDS AND SNAKES FROM MESOPOTAMIA., ETC. 253 
13. Ablepharus brandtii, Strauch. 
Five specimens from Amara, and three from near Kizil Robat, N. E. of Baghdad 
(Capt. Evans). 
Habitat ; Tunisia to Transcaspia and Baluchistan. 
OPHIDIA. 
CoLUBRIN &. 
14. Zamenis ventrimaculatus, Gray. 
One young, Baghdad (Capt. Shortt). 
Two young from Amara (Capt. Evans). 
One from Amara has the priefrontals fused into a single shield. 
Habitat : From the Euphrates to Kashmir and N. W. India. 
15. Zamenis ravergieri,* Mén. 
One specimen from Kerind, Persia (Capt. Shortt). 
This individual is jet black above, dark grey below, uniform. 
Capt. Shortt says of it:—‘Taken sunning itself in midwinter when the 
ground was covered with snow. I have seen the same snake also taken at Fatha 
Gorge ov the Tigris.” 
Habitat : Transcaucasia, Mesopotamia, Persian Transcaspia, Turkestan, 
Afganistan. 
16. Contia collaris, Mén. 
One specimen from Tak-I-Girreh, N. W. Persia (Capt. Evans). 
Habitat 2 Caucasus, Mesopotamia, Persia. 
17. Contia persica,* Anders. 
Two specimens from Kizil Robat and Jebel Hamrin hills, N. E. of Baghdad 
(Capt. Evans). 
This rare littie snake has not been recorded from Mesopotamia before. 
Habitat: Mesopotamia, Persia. 
