Acanthodactyhis. 47 



middle of the body. 22 to 24 femoral pores on each side. 21 or 22 

 lamellae under the fourth toe. 



Reddish brown above with two grey lines along the back and two 

 white streaks, which may be edged with dark grey or break up into 

 spots, on each side ; a median grey line ou the nape in one of the 

 specimens ; small black spots may be present between the light longi- 

 tudinal streaks ; limbs with round, white, dark-edged spots. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent . 74 



,, „ ,, fore limb 26 



Length of head . . 17 



Width of head . 11 



Depth of head 9 



Fore limb . 24 



Hind limb 39 



Foot . 22 



Tail . 127 



Two specimens were obtained by Mr. Kiggenbach in the Tamaruth 



Valley (altitude about 1500 m.) ; a third, labelled Atlas of Morocco, 



was presented to the British Museum by Mr. E. G-. B. Meade Waldo. 



Var. MAIJEITANICUS, Doumergue. 



Distinguished from the var. belli by the dorsal scales, which are flat, 

 rhombic, subimbricate, and strongly keeled from the nape or between 

 the shoulders to the base of the tail, the keels sharply defined, exactly 

 as in. the var. lin'eomaculatus, from which it differs in the subocular 

 bordering the mouth, between the fourth and fifth upper labials.* 



Suture between the nasals i to -|^ the length of the frontonasalf ; 

 the distance between the second loreal and the anterior supraocular 

 sometimes longer than the latter, rarely a little shorter ; often two 

 series of granules between the supraoculars and the superciliaries, of 

 which there are 5 or 6, rarely 7 ; tympanic shield constantly present. 

 Tail li to If times as long as head and body. 



63 to 65 scales across the body. 22 to 26 femoral pores. 20 to 23 

 lamellae utider the fourth toe. 



Coloration as in var. belli, but adult often with black spots on the 

 vertebral area. Doumergue mentions a series of yellow spots on the 

 sides and a yellow streak just above the ventral region. Tail often 

 pink, bright vermilion in females during the breeding season. 



* Doumergue, who has examined many specimens, has met with biit a single 

 exception, 

 t "Which is longitudinally divided into two in one specimen only (S. Cruz). 



