656 A. Alcock & F. Finn — Afghnn-Baluch Beptilia. [No. 4, 



12. Phrynocephalus euptilopus, n. sp. Plate XII. 



Head much depressed, snout extremely short ; a row of enlarged 

 projecting imbricate scales borders the supra-orbital region and extends 

 anteriorly nearly to the nasals ; upper head-scales small, obtusely keeled, 

 not enlarged on occipital region ; nostril turned upwards ; nasals in 

 contact or separated by one scale ; about three series of scales between 

 the orbit and the upper labials. 



Dorsal scales small, homogeneous, imbricate, smooth or keeled, 

 not enlarged on vertebral region ; small projecting spinose scales on the 

 side of the head and neck ; a fold along the flanks. 



Gular scales pointed, smooth or very feebly keeled ; pectoral and 

 ventral scales sharply mucrouate, the former smooth or feebly keeled, 

 the latter smooth. 



Scales on limbs smooth or keeled ; fringe at back of (high not usually 

 present. Tibia lonojer than skull. The adpressed hind limb reaches the 

 eye or the snout. Toes very long, the second, thiid and fourth with pro- 

 gressively longer fringes of pointed scales on each side ; on the fore-foot 

 the fifth also with a double fringe ; remaining toes with a single fringe. 



Tail depressed, tapering to a point, covered with keeled scales above 

 and at the tip ; lower caudal scales for about the proximal half of the 

 tail smooth ; the length of the tail about equals that of the head and 

 body. 



Colours in spirit sandy, greenish on the head, spotted and vermicu- 

 lated with blackish, more strongly on the sides aud limbs. In all the 

 six specimens collected by the Mission there are some large black 

 roundish spots on the vertex of the head and on the anterior part of the 

 dorsum. Of these, five, situated one on the nape, and two on and two 

 just behind the shoulders, are very large, and are constant. End of tail 

 black below and generally above. 



A large specimen measures ; — 



Total length... ... ... ... 4'8 in. 



Head ... ... ... ... '35 



Width of head ... ... ... -35 



Snout to vent ... ... ... 2-45 



Fore limb ... ... ... ... 1'2.5 



Hind limb ... ... ... ... 20 



Tail ... ..- ... ... 2-35 



This species comes nearest to P. interscapularis, Lichtenst. 

 (Brit. Mus. Cat. Lizards, Vol. I, p. 378) but differs chiefly (actual 

 specimens compared) in the following points : — 



1. The new species is very much larger. 



