88 THE KEPTILES OF EGYPT. 
Tarentola ephipfiata, O'Shaughn. (Fig. 5.) 
Tarentola ephippiata, O'Shaughn. Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) xvi. 1875, p. 263 ; Blgr. Cat. Liz. B. M. i. 
1885, pp. 198, 414 ; Ann. Mag. N. H. (6) xii. 1893, p. 204 ; op. cit. (6) xvi. 1895, p. 166; Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1896, p. 213 ; Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, ser. 2, xvii. (xxxvii.) 1897, p. 277. 
1. Durrur, north of Suakin. 
Body short and stout, depressed ; head depressed ; snout rather broad, of variable 
length, in some (W. Africa) equalling the distance between the eye and the ear, and 
in others (E. Africa) exceeding it. A supraorbital bone. No denticulation in front of 
the ear. Nine or ten upper, and eight lower labials. Nostril formed by the rostral, 
Pig. 5. 
Tarentola ephippiata, O'Shaughn. 
first labial, and two nasals. Rostral nearly twice as broad as high (W. Africa) or 
twice as broad as high (E. Africa) ; mental twice as long as broad at its middle, poste- 
riorly pointed, with three chin-shields on each side, the outer one generally separated 
from the labials by a row of small shields, the innermost ones in contact, irregular in 
some. Head covered with large, juxtaposed, polygonal granules, very uniform in size, 
