66 LACERTIDA. 
Acanthodactylus bedriagai, Lataste, Le Natur. us 357 ; Bouleng. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 746, pl. Ixiii. fig. 1; Boettg. im Kobelt, 
Reis. Alg. u. Tun. p. 469. 
vulgaris (non D. § B.), Vaill. Miss. Révoil aux Pays Comat, 
Rept. p. 19. 
Snout obtuse or, at any rate, less acute than in A. scutellatus, 
Three supracculars, the anterior frequently divided into two or 
three; subocular usually not reaching the lip; temporal scales not 
keeled; front edge of ear more or less distinctly denticulated. 
Dorsal scales very small, subgranular or rhomboidal, smooth or 
more or less distinctly keeled. Ventral plates broader than long, 
sometimes very slightly, in 12 or 14 regular longitudinal series ; 
the transverse series usually slightly angular. Usually a median 
series of transversely enlarged preanals, posterior largest. The 
hind limb usually reaches the axil or the shoulder, seldom a 
little beyond the latter. Digital denticulations feebly or moderately 
developed, constantly much shorter than the diameter of the corre- 
sponding part of the toe, slightly more developed on the outer than 
on the inner side. Upper caudal scales keeled; basal subcaudals 
smooth or feebly keeled. Young longitudinally streaked, as in 
A, vulgaris. Coloration of the adult very variable, usually with 
longitudinal blackish and yellowish spots, the latter sometimes con- 
fluent into longitudinal bands; the desert specimens pale, greyish 
or reddish. 
raiffinn, millim. 
Total length ...... 00... ccc 162 —_* 
Had toes acthd Sad hawks eloane eteakege aes 15 16 
Width of head.......... 0.00000. 125 12 
From end of snout to forelimb .... 25 27 
From end of snout to vent........ 70 77 
Pores MD y60 sk Ae oh ote arog ees 23 24 
Hind MDs egcen ka poe be eek 35 35 
MCE  cseshitsiod code senator aaresierms an aanteeee ues 92 = 
North Africa, Somaliland, Syria. : 
A. pardalis is a transitional form between A. scutellatus and A. 
vulgaris. It is represented by two ill-defined varieties, which have 
been named by Lataste var. bedriagw, the larger, stouter form, 
approaching A. vulgaris in structure as well as coloration, of which 
dimensions are given above ; and var. deserti (=S. maculata, Gray, 
4. deserti, Gthr.), the smaller form from the Sahara, which often 
closely approaches A. scutellatus. 
a,b. dQ. Algeria, 
e-d. S. El Guerah, Algeria. M. Lataste[P.]. (Types of .4. 
bedriagat, var. bedriayai.) 
* Tail reproduced. 
