1896.] 



TjIZARDS of tub G13NUS BIIEMIAS. 



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Boulengerina brenneri, Lataste, Ann. Mus. Greaova, (2), ii, 1885, 

 p. 117. 



Eremias edwardsii, Mocquard, Mem. Cent. Soc. Philom. p. 115, 

 pi. xi. fig. 1 (1888). 



Fig. 5. 



Ercmias brenneri. 



Head once and two-thirds to twice as long as broad. Upper 

 head-shields closely and finely striated ; frontonasal as long as 

 broad or longer than broad ; anterior supraocular not bordered with 

 granules ; interparietal small, in one specimen tlivided into three, 

 separated from the very small occipital by another small shield ; 

 an elongate shield on the outer border of the parietals ; temporal 

 scales granular, keeled ; subocular not reaching the lip, wedged in 

 between the sixth and seventh upper labials ; the two or three 

 anterior pairs of chin-shields in contact. Collar with 7 to 9 

 shields. Dorsal scales rhomboidal, juxtaposed or subimbricate, 

 keeled, some even tricarinate, 65 to 68 across the middle of the 

 body. Six longitudinal series of ventral plates, with a rudimentary 

 outer series ; 25 to 27 transverse series. A more or less enlarged 

 median proeanal. The hind limb reaches the eye or the nostril ; 

 foot as long as the distance between the arm and the end of the 

 snout ; scales on the limbs strongly pluricarinate. 20 to 22 

 femoral pores on each side (23 or 24 in the types of E. edwardsii). 

 Tail twice to twice and a half as long as head and body ; upper 

 caudal scales strongly keeled and striated. 



In the immature specimen (Obbia-Berbera), examined by me in 

 1891, the coloration resembles strikingly that of the yoimg 

 Acuniliodaciylus hoskianns. Six reddish-white lines along the 

 body, separated by broader black interspaces or stripes, along each 



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