852 MR. A. loveuidge: list of the lizards 



Family L A c E r t i D az. 



I, Ventral plates smooth. 



A. Sub-digital laniellte smooth or tubercular. 



1. Dorsal scales small, juxtaposed or subimbricate. 



Nostril pierced between 2 or 3 nasals, separated from 



iirst upper labial ; clieeks swollen Nvcras. 



Nostril pierced between 3 or 4 nasals, well seiiarated 



from the first upper labial ; cheeks not swollen Eremias. 



Nostril pierced between 2 or 3 nasal and the first ujiper 



labial Lacerta. 



2. Porsal scales large, imbricate, strongly keeled Ahjiroides. 



3. Two series of large smooth plate-like scales along the back 



and tail Uolaspis. 



B. Subdigital hunellsD keeled. 



Nostril ])ierced between 3 to 5 nasals and the upper 



labial, or separated from the latter bj' a narrow riui . Latastia. 



Nostril pierced between 2 or 3 nasals Ichnotropis. 



II. Ventral plates keeled GastrojohoJis. 



1. NUCRAS. 



Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. i. 1838, p. 280 ; Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. 

 p. 52. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Dorsal scales keeled kiloscs. 



II. Dorsal scales smooth. 



Head 4 to 5 times in length to vent ; foot as long as or a little 

 longer than the head ; parietal foramen jjresent ; 40 to 51 

 scales across the middle of bod}'; ventrals in 28 to 33 trans- 

 verse series ; transverselj' enlarged plates under the fore-arm ... emini. 



Head d^ to 5 times in length to vent; toot shorter than the 

 head; 45 to 53 scales across middle of body; ventrals in 27 to 

 34 transverse series hoidengeri. 



1. Nuchas kiloste Loveiidge. 



Love. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1922, p. 314. 

 Tanganyika Tei'ritory. 



2. NUCR.^S EMlNl Blgr. 



Blgr. Ann. .k Mag. N. H. (7) xix. p. 593, 1907. 

 Kenya Colony ; Tanganyika Territory. 



3. NucRAS BOULENGEiu 0. Neum. 



Neum. Ann. & Mag. N. li. (7) v. p. 5G, 1900 

 Kenya Colony ; Tanganyika Tenitory. 



2. Lacerta. 

 Lacerta, part., Linji. S. N. i, p. 359. 

 Lacerta HIgr. Cat, Lix. iii. p. 8. 



