98 ME. G. A. BOULEXGEK ON THE EEPTILES 



But the first list according to the system of Linnaeus is given in the first volume of 



2. PoiRET. Voyage en Barbarie. Paris: 17S9, Svo, 



in which a chapter (pp. 283-290) is devoted to the " Animaux Amphibies " of Algeria. 

 In addition to a marine turtle said to be very common in the Mediterranean, and 

 which therefore could hardly have been the Testudo coriacea of Linnaeus to which 

 Poiret refers it, the following species are enumerated : — 



1. Testudo grcvca, L. {=-T. ihera. Pall.). 



2. Lacerta agilis, L. {=L. ocellata, xar. pater, Lat.). 



3. Lacerta algira, L. (=Psammodromus algirus, L.). 



4. Lacerta chamceleon, L. ( = Chamceleon vulgaris, Daud.). 



5. Lacerta chalcides, L. ( = Chalcides tridactylus, Laur.). 



6. Lacerta vulgaris, L. (Unidentifiable. — L. vulgaris, 'L.=^AIolge vulgaris.) 



7. Lacerta palustris, L. {^Molge poireti, Gerv., or M. hagenmuelleri, Lat.). 



8. Lacerta salamandra, L. {=Salamandra maculosa, Laur.). 



The next list is supplied by 



3. RozET, M. Voyage dans la Regence d'Alger. Paris . 1833, Svo, 



who adds (vol. i. pp. 230-233) the following species not recorded by Shaw or Poiret : — 



1. Sana esculenta, L. 



2. Sana temporaria, L. {^=Discoglossus pictus, Otth). 



3. Lufo, sp. (=£yfo mauritanicus, Schleg.). 



4. Coluher natrix, L., var. {=Tropidonotus viperinus, Latr., var.). 



5. Coluber monspessulamts, Herm. {^=Ccelopeltis lacertina, Wagl.). 



6. Coluher hipjwcrejjis, L. {=Zamenis hippocrepis, L.). 



7. Vipera dahoia, Lacep. (=1 F. lehetina, L.). 



8. Tiligua ocellata. Gray {-^Chalcides ocellatus, Forsk.). 



The nomen nudum of Lacerta viridissima is bestowed on L. ocellata, and the " Niji- 

 Daimah" of Shaw receives the name oi Platydactylus fascicularis, Cuv. 



4. Gervais, p. Enumeration de quelques especes de Reptiles provenant de Barbarie. 



Ann. Sci. Nat. (2) vi. 1836, pp. 308-313. 



Gives a list of 27 species from Morocco and the Province of Algiers, which, together 

 with a revised nomenclature, adds 13 species, of which as many as five have to be 

 erased, viz., Testudo margiiiata, Schoepff". as undoubtedly due to confusion with old 

 specimens of T. ihera, and Anguis fragilis, L., A. p)unctatissimus, Bibr., Pseudopus 

 serpentinus, Merr., and probably Coluber agassizii, Mich., as based on erroneous state- 

 ment of locality (see p. 114). 



The additions are : — 



1. Gecko (Hemidactylus) verruculatus, Cuv. {z=turcicus, L.). 



2. Gymnodactylus mauritanicus, D. & B. (Saurodactylus). — Algiers. 



