EREMIAS MUCEONATA. 
171 
The type of this species was obtained by Mr. Blanford in the Anseba valley, and 
since then E. mucronata has been found to have a wide distribution over Abyssinia, 
Eritrea, and Somaliland, extending to the valleys of the Webi and Juba rivers, and 
along the coast by Assab to the Goolis Mountains near Berbera. It has never been 
found in the Nile valley, but it has been recorded from Mount Sinai. 
In the following table will be found the dimensions of 75 specimens and the 
variations that occur in their scaling, in their femoral pores, and in the position of 
the subocular : — 
E. mucronata, Blanf., arranged according to the number of scales round the body, 
including the ventrals. (Measurements in millim.) 
Sex. 
6 .... 
Snout 
to 
vent. 
47 
Tail. 
105* 
Scales 
round 
body. 
Mesial lon- 
gitudinal 
line of 
ventrals. 
Position of 
subocular 
between 
labials. 
Femoral 
pores. 
Locality. 
72 
25 
6&7 
15 
15 
Suakin. 
2 .... 
49 
72 
27 
5&6 
17 
17 
,i 
6 .... 
44 
114 
72 
26 
6&7 
18 
18 
Durrur. 
6 .... 
45 
89* 
72 
23 
J6&7 
\5&6 
15 
17 
.» 
6 •■.. 
43 
101* 
72 
27 
6&7 
18 
18 
„ 
2 .... 
45 
72 
28 
J 6&7 
[7&8 
14 
18 
„ 
6 .... 
49 
134 
72 
25 
f 6&7 
( 5& 6 
20 
20 
Suakin. 
2 .... 
47 
109 
72 
29 
J6&7 
[5&6 
15 
15 
>, 
2 .... 
49 
115 
72 
28 
1 6&7 
|5&6 
16 
17 
» 
<? .... 
49 
135 
72 
25 
6&7 
19 
20 
Island of Berbera. 
6 .... 
47 
122 
72 
25 
J6&7 
15& 6 
22 
22 
Between Laffarugh 
md Aberio. 
2 .... 
49 
124 
74 
27 
6&7 
15 
17 
Suakin. 
Juv. . . 
35 
92 
74 
27 
J5&6 
\6&7 
J7&8 
[6&7 
16 
18 
Island of Berbera. 
6 .... 
49 
87* 
74 
26 
18 
17 
Durrur. 
<S .... 
47 
114 
74 
27 
6 &7 
18 
18 
Suakin. 
6 .... 
49 
104* 
74 
27 
J5&6 
t e & 7 
17 
18 
„ 
6 .... 
46 
110* 
74 
27 
f 6 & 7 
|5&6 
18 
18 
„ 
6 .... 
40 
83* 
74 
25 
J5&6 
t 6 & 7 
19 
» 
* An asterisk indicates that the tail has been renewed. 
z2 
