109 LACERTID#. 
millim. millim. 
Total length........ 0... .e ee eee 140 139 
Head esau geekigrde nsawieeen 12 12 
Width of head .................. 8 8 
From end of snout to forelimb .... 20 20 
From end of snout to vent ........ 52 54 
Fore Mme gg neem esiasie eae ey 64 21. 20 
Mind Mb eke wets eeete eens 38 33 
Tail (reproduced).............565 88 85 
Southern Persia, Baluchistan. 
a-c. $2. Near Saidabad, Sarjan, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.}. 
south-west of Karman. (Types. 
d. Q. Helmand. Dr. Aitchison [C.]. 
Afghan Boundary Commission. 
18. Eremias intermedia. 
Podarces (Eremias) intermedia, Strauch, Voy. Praewalski, Rept. p. 28. 
Head moderate; snout rather pointed. Nasals swollen, the 
lower separated from the rostral; frontonasal separated from 
the rostral; two prefrontals; frontal feebly grooved; two large 
supraoculars; a small shield and several granules in front of 
the anterior supraocular ; the length of the latter shield exceeds 
its distance from the loreal; supraoculars in contact with the 
frontal; interparietal small; no occipital; temporal scales granular, 
smooth ; an enlarged scale on the supero-anterior border of the 
ear; no auricular denticulation; lower eyelid opaque; subocular 
not reaching the lip, resting on the sixth, seventh, and eighth upper 
labials ; the two first labials in contact with the lower nasal; the 
three anterior pairs of chin-shields in contact. A slightly distinct 
transverse gular fold, connecting the ears; about 30 gular scales 
on a line extending from the collar to the suture between the chin- 
shields; collar slightly curved, perfectly free, with very small 
plates. Dorsal scales granular, round, juxtaposed, perfectly smooth, 
55 to 60 across the middle of the body. Ventral plates in oblique 
longitudinal and slightly angular transverse series ; latter 28 to 30, 
the longest of which contain 14 or 16 plates. Preanal scales 
small and irregular. The adpressed hind limb reaches the shoulder 
or the collar ; foot as long as the distance between the arm and 
the centre of the eye; an outer series of large subtibial shields, 
which are more than thrice the size of the others. 13 (to 15) 
femoral pores. Tail once and one third to twice as long as head 
and body ; upper caudal scales very feebly keeled, smooth on the 
basal portion. Grey above; young ocellated, the ocelli becoming 
less distinct in the older animal. 
millim, : millim, 
Total length ........ 119 From end of snout 
Heads 32 s2eivivs esas 13 to vent ...... 53 
Width of head ...... 9 Fore limb...... ly 
From end of snout to Hind limb...... 30 
fore limb ........ 20 POA odes: aut cpennse aie 66 
