1901.] 



BAXRACHlAlsS FROM ARABIA. 



145 



This is the second occasion on which this species has been 

 recorded from Asia. In the first instance it was found at Tor on 

 the Sinaitic Peninsula, and these specimens constituted the types 

 of the species. 



14. Latastia hardeggeri Steind. 



Latastia Jiardeggeri, Steind. Ann. Hofmus. Wien, vi. 1891, 

 p. 371, pi. xi. ; Blgr. Zool. Eec. 1893, Eept. p. 23; id. Ann. & Mag. 

 N. H. (7) v. 1898, p. 130. 



Eremias heterosis, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1893, pp. 115 & 193. 



Philochortus neumanni, Matschie, SB. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 

 1893, p. 30. 



Latastia neumanni, Anders. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 643, pi. xxxvii. 

 fig. 1 ; id. Herpet. of Arabia, 1896, pp. 73, 80, 85, & 88. 



1 d , 1 2 i ai) d 1 juv. 



Snout to vent 



Yent to tip of tail 



Yentrals across body .. 

 Ventrals, collar to preanal 



region 



Plates of collar 



Upper labials 



Upper labials under eye ... 

 Scales round middle of body 

 Femoral pores 



rf. 



$■ 



Juv. 



74 



82 



51 



205 



190 



? 



6 



6 



6 



32 



31 



31 



8 



8 



9 



9-9 



8—8 



9-9 



6-7 



5-5 



6—6 



38 



39 



39 



16—15 



15-14 



16—15 



Berbera. 

 Juv. c?. 



43 

 122 



30 



8 

 9—9 

 6-6 



34 



12 



The first specimen of this species from Aden which came under 

 my observation had 42 and 47 rows of scales across the middle of 

 the body between the ventrals. These recent specimens from 

 practically the same locality have only 38 and 39 rows of scales. 

 In an example in the British Museum from Berbera there are 

 only 34 rows of scales. Mr. Boulenger, in identifying this example 

 of L. hardeggeri in 1898 \ remarked that in fact " nothing but 

 a smaller number of scales across the body (about 30 exclusive of 

 the ventrals) distinguishes it " from L. neumanni. The specimen, 

 however, with which he dealt, he states had 34 rows. The 

 circumstance that there is only a difference of 4 rows of scales 

 between the recent acquisition from Aden and the Berbera lizard 

 referable to L. hardeggeri, causes the supposed distinction to break 

 down, and L. neumanni must be relegated as a synonym to 

 L. hardeggeri. The range of scales exclusive of the veutrals has 

 now been ascertained to be from 30 to 47. 



15. Eremias guttulata Licht. 

 1 2 • Jimil valley. 

 1 2 . Abian country east of Aden. 



The palpebral disk of these specimens consists of two semilrans- 

 1 Ann. & Blag. N. If. (7) ii. 1898, |». 180. 



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