56 THE REPTILES OF EGYPT. 
PRISTURUS. 
Pristurus, Biippell, N. Wirbelth. Faun. Abyss., Rept. 1835, p. 16. 
"Digits slender, clawed, cylindrical at the base; the distal phalanges compressed, 
forming an angle with the basal portion of the digits, the lower surface of which has a 
row of plates. Body not depressed, covered with uniform granules. Tail compressed, 
keeled. Pupil circular ; eyelid distinct all round the eye. No prseanal nor femoral 
pores." — Boulenger l . 
Pristurus flavipunctatus, Ruppell. (Plate IV. fig. 10.) 
Pristurus flavipunctatus, Riippell, N. Wirbelth. Faun. Abyss., Rept. 1835, p. 17, pi. 6. fig. 3; Gray, 
Cat. Liz. B. M. 1845, p. 171 ; Blanford, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xiii. 1874, p. 454; Vaillant, 
in Revoil, Faun, et Flor. Pays Qomalis, Rept. & Batr. 1882, p. 16; Blgr. Cat. Liz. B. M. i. 
1885, p. 52; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 531 ; Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. ser. 2, xvi. (xxxv.) 1896, 
p. 546; id. op. cit. xvii. (xxxvii.) 1897, p. 277; Strauch, Mem. Ac. St. Petersb. (vii.) xxxv. 
no. 2, 1887, p. 45 ; Boettger, Kat. Rept. Mus. Senck. 1893, p. 24 ; Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1895, p. 638; Herpet. Arabia & Egypt, 1896, p. 98; Del Prato, Atti Soc. Ital. xxxv. 1895, 
p. 24. 
Gymnodactylus flavipunctatus, D. & B. hi. 1835, p. 417 ; A. Dum. Cat. Rept. Paris Mus. 1851, 
p. 43; Gasco, Viaggio in Egitto, pt. ii. 1876, p. 110. 
Saurodactylus flavipunctatus, Fitz. Syst. Rept. 1843, p. 91. 
1 S . Suakin. Surgeon-Captain R. H. Penton, D.S.O. 
3 <J and 5 2 • Durrur. 
Head rather high ; forehead nearly flat or faintly concave ; snout moderately pointed, 
its length from the inner canthus of the eye equalling the interorbital breadth and 
considerably exceeding the distance between the eye and the ear. Eye moderately 
large, its longitudinal axis almost equalling the interval between itself and the ear. 
Ear-opening oval, about one-third the diameter of the eye, oblique in position. Nostril 
defined by the rostral and three nasals, the largest internal. Rostral nearly twice as 
hiuh as broad, quadrangular, and its upper border notched by a median furrow. Six 
to nine upper labials, the prevalent number being eight ; five or six lower labials. 
Mental broad, rounded behind, but occasionally truncately triangular, with enlarged 
granules behind it and some of the labials. Limbs moderately long ; the fore limb 
when laid forwards has the wrist opposite to the anterior border of the eye, or nearly 
so, and when laid backwards it does not reach the groin ; the hind limb may just 
reach the axilla, extend to the shoulder, or even pass beyond it. Digits moderately 
1 Cat. Liz. B. M. i. 1385, p. 52. 
