GYMNODACTYLUS SCABBR. 55 
to the tip ; covered above with large projecting pointed tubercles ; under surface with 
transversely enlarged plates. Five to six praeanal pores in the male. Pale sandy- 
coloured above, spotted with brown, and the tail with rings of the same colour ; 
underparts white. 
The largest specimen in the British Museum has the following measurements : — 
Snout to vent 46 ; tail 59 millim. 
I did not meet with 0. scaler myself, but Gasco found a small lizard near Cairo 
which he referred to this species. A specimen is also preserved in the St. Petersburg 
Museum, said to have come from Cairo. The first authentic record of its occurrence in 
Egypt was given by Peters in 1862 ; but as far back as Dumeril and Bibron's day a 
specimen from Egypt, said to have been presented by Ruppell, existed in the Paris 
Museum. 
It was first described by Heyden, who gave " stony places, Tor, Arabia, and 
Abyssinian coast," as the localities whence his specimens were obtained ; but neither 
Ruppell nor Prof. Boettger make any mention in their catalogues of specimens from 
Abyssinia. 
Dr. Klunzinger, in 1872, obtained 3 specimens at Kosseir 1 . 
Outside of Africa it ranges through Arabia to Mesopotamia (Baghdad and Fao), 
through Persia (Shiraz, Bandar Abbas), to Afghanistan (Kandahar) and Sind (Sukkur 
and Saki). 
The native name is J'', =bors. 
1 I tried to make Kosseir a centre for collecting, as it is a coastguard station of the Egyptian Government 
uuder the supervision of Europeans. With official sanction I fowarded to the station a liberal supply of 
alcohol for collecting purposes, on two occasions, accompanied by full instructions as to how the collections 
were to be made, while at the same time I offered pecuniary rewards for each specimen to be obtained. I 
received most encouraging promises in return, but beyond that nothing more. . This was in such marked 
contrast to my experience in every other quarter in Egypt that I cannot refrain from mentioning it, as it 
explains how Kosseir happens not to be represented in my collections. 
