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THE EEPTILES OF EGYPT. 
Measurements &c. (continued). 
Sex. 
Snout 
to 
vent. 
Tail. 
Front 
of fore 
limb to 
snout. 
Fore limb 
measured 
posteriorly. 
Axilla 
to 
groin. 
Hind 
limb 
posteriorly. 
Post- 
nasal. 
Ear- 
lobules. 
No. of 
scales 
round 
body. 
Locality. 
Juv. . . 
6 .... 
Juv. . . 
?.... 
6 .... 
78 
34 
75 
31-8 
75 
75 
84 
124 
129 
50 
123 
118 
30 
14-5 
29 
12 
28 
28-7 
29 
29 
12 
25 
11 
24 
25-3 
27 
38 
13-5 
34 
13 
36 
34 
39 
38 
17 
36 
15-6 
36 
35-7 
39-5 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
4 
5 
4 
3 
4 
3 
2 
6 
4 
4 
3 
39 
39 
38 
39 
37 
40 
42 
Wadi Haifa. 
Suakin. 
Among 55 Egyptian specimens, the first labial is more or less generally feebly in 
contact with the anterior loreal, in 22 cases ; and, in 7, in contact with it only on one 
side of the head and not on the other. 
The following is a tabulated list of these variations : — 
No. of 
specimens. 
Locality. 
Anterior loreal in 
contact with first 
labial on both sides. 
Anterior loreal in 
contact with 
fir6t labial only on 
one side. 
3 
Alexandria. 
1 
1 
2 
Cairo. 
1 
1 
8 
Gizeh. 
1 
6 
Fayurn. 
2 
5 
Tel el Amarna. 
1 
1 
8 
Assiut. 
3 
4 
Edfu. 
2 
1 
4 
Assuan. 
4 
14 
Wadi Haifa. 
6 
3 
1 
Suakin. 
1 
It is subject to considerable variation in the extent to which the dorsal bands are 
