1891.J 



TRANSCASPIAN REPTILES. 



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6. 73 specimens obtained by M. C. Eylandt at Puli Hatun at the 

 confluence of the Geshef-Rud and the Hari-Rud. Received 

 in 1891. 



Teratoscincus scincus, Schleg. 



I have now six Transcaspian specimens before me, measuring from 

 40 to 90 millim. from snout to vent : five from Ashabad (Eylandt 

 and one from Puli Hatun. In one of these specimens (from 

 Ashabad) the scales on the back of the head are larger than on the 

 snout, as described by Boettger, the five others having them smaller 

 than on the snout or at any rate not larger. Nostril between the 

 rostral and four nasals ; upper nasals in contact with each other 

 behind the rostral in the specimens from Ashabad, separated by one 

 scale in the one from Puli Hatun. Mental as long as broad or 

 longer. 29 to 31 scales round the middle of the body. Head 

 variegated with dark brown ; nape and back with black cross-bands, 

 the anterior of which are crescentic. 



Crossobamon eversmanni, Wiegm. 



This Gecko must be one of the commonest Sand-Lizards in 

 Transcaspia, as every collection made in that district contains 

 numerous specimens. The number of pra^anal pores varies from six 

 to nine. 



Gymnodactylus caspius, Eichw. 



The Museum now possesses the following series of specimens, in 

 all of which I have counted the longitudinal rows of ventral 

 scales (V.) and (in the males) the femoro-prseanal pores (P.) : — 



V. 



P. 



St. Petersburg Mus. 



Eylandt." 



J) 



I) 

 ^^ )) 

 Warentzoff. 



J) 



Warsaw Mus. 



?) 

 Nazaroff. 



)j 

 )i 

 Eadde. 



Eylandt. 



Thus we see that the number of scales across the belly varies in 

 these Transcaspian specimens from 24 to 30, and the number of 

 pores from 24 to 31 (34 in one specimen examined by Boettger), 



