210 THE REPTILES OF EGYPT. 
Chalcides ocellatds, Forskal. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 1.) 
Lacerta ocellata, Forskal, Descr. An. &c. 1775, p. viii et p. 13; Aud. Descr. de l'lilgypte, Hist. 
Nat. i. ? 1829, p. 73, Suppl. pi. ii. figs. 71-73. 
Lacerta (Stincus) ocellata, Donndorff, Zool. Beytr. iii. 1798, p. 126. 
Lacerta tiligugu, Gm. Syst. Nat. Linn. i. pt. iii. 1788, p. 1073. 
? Scincus ocellatus, Schneider, Hist. Amph. ii. 1801, p. 203. 
Scincus variegatus, id. 1. c. p. 185. 
Scincus ocellatus, Meyer, Syn. Rept. 1795, p. 30; Daud. Rept. iv. 1802, p. 308, pi. lvi. ? ; Merr. Syst. 
Amph. 1820, p. 74; Is. Geoffr. St.-Hil. Descr. de l'figypte, Hist. Nat. i. ? 1827, p. 139, pi. v. 
fig. 1 ; Gervais, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, vi. 1836, p. 309. 
? Scincus mabouya, Daud. Rept. iv. 1802, p. 246 ; Oppell, Ord. Fam. Gatt. Rept. 1811, p. 39. 
Scincus tiligugu, Latr. Hist. Nat. Rept. ii. p. 72; Daud. Rept. iv. 1802, p. 251 ; Merr. Syst. Amph. 
1820, p. 73. 
Stincus ocellatus, Oliv. Voy. Emp. Othom. &c. iii. livr. 1, 1801, p. vi, pi. 16. fig. 1. 
Scincus tirus, Rafin. Caratt. ale. n. Gen. Anim. 1810, p. 9. 
Scmcus thyro, Metaxa, Mem. Zool. Roman. 1821, art. 1, spec. 16, fig. 
Mabuya ocellata, Fitz. N. Class. Rept. 1826, p. 53. 
Tiliqua ocellata, Cuv. Reg. An. nouv. ed. 1829, ii. p. 63. 
Gongylus ocellatus, Wagler, Syst. Amph. 1830, p. 162; Bonap. Faun. Ital. 1832-41, p. et pi. 
without no. ; D. & B. iv. 1839, p. 616 ; Gene, Mem. Accad. Torino, ser. 2, i. 1839, p. 268 ; 
part., Gray, Cat. Liz. B. M. 1845, p. 123 ; Lefebvre, Voy. Abyss, vi., Zool. 1845-50, p. 206 ; 
Guichenot, Explor. Sc. Alger., Se. Phys., Zool. v. 1850, p. 17; Dum. Cat. Rept. Paris Mus. 
1851, p. 155; Gravenh. N. Acta Ac. Leop. -Carol, xxiii. 1851, i. p. 343; Peters, Mon. Berl. 
Ak. 1862, p. 272; Strauch, Mem. Ac. St. Petersb. (vii. ser.) iv. no. 7, 1862, p. 43; Giinther, 
one of Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson's books of drawings, professedly of Egyptian objects *, there is a figure 
of C. tridactylus under the name of el bergil, but with no information as to the locality whence it was 
obtained. The drawing is simply marked Seps. 
The late Dr. Grant, of Cairo, informed me that while digging among some ruins in the Fayum, many years 
ago, he unearthed a long snake-like lizard, which, from the conditions under which it was found and the 
description he gave of it, might possibly be this species. The specimen was sent by Dr. Graut to Professor 
Owen for identification, but he had no reply to his enquires regarding it. 
I have mentioned elsewheret that a specimen of this species exists in the Cairo Museum, but unfortunately 
unaccompanied by any information as to its origin. 
The evidence as to its existence in Lower Egypt is thus not sufficiently conclusive to entitle it to more 
than this passing reference. 
Its conical snout, long rounded body, and weak tridactyle limbs enable it to be easily recognized. 
* I am indebted to Sir W. Flower for having shown me the volume, 
t Herp. Arabia & Egypt, 1896, p. 113. 
