76 Lacertidie. 



41 to 60 scales across middle of body, dorsals more or leas 

 strongly keeled; ventrals in 12 longitudinal and 27 to 33 



transverse series Var. maculatus. Gray. 



B. Snout more pointed, a little longer than postocular part of head. 



46 to 65 (usually 50 to 58) scales across middle of body, 

 dorsals usually smooth or feebly keeled; ventrals in 12 

 (rarely 14) longitudinal and 27 to 33 transverse series. 



Var. latastii, Blgr. 

 II. Hind limb reaching the ear in males, the collar in females ; fourth toe at 



least a trifle longer than the head, up to IJ; base of the tail much 



flattened, with the keels on the sides strongly raised, especially in males, 



producing a serrated outline. 



44 to 56 scales across middle of body, dorsals rather strongly 

 keeled ; ventrals in 12 longitudinal and 27 to 33 transverse 

 series ....... Var. spinica^ida, Doiun. 



Taken in fhe wide sense, A. pardalis shows the following range of 

 variation in the number of scales and plates : Scales across body, 

 41-68; longitudinal rows of ventrals, 12-16; transverse rows of 

 ventrals, 27-36 ; plates in collar, 8-15 ; gular scales, 23-36 ; femoral 

 pores, 15-25 ; lamellse under fourth toe, 17-23. 



6. ACANTHODACTYLUS MICROPHOLIS. 



Acanthodactylus micropholis, Blanf . Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) -xiv, 

 1874, p. 33, and Zool. E. Persia, p. 383, pi. xxxi, fig. 2 (1876) ; 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 745, pi. Ixiii, fig. 3 ; Lataste, Ann. 

 Mus. Genova (2) ii, 1886, p. 503 ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 63 (1887), 

 Paun. Ind., Eept. p. 171 (1890), and Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1918, 

 p. 147. 



Habit rather slender, body moderately depressed. Head 1} times 

 as long as broad, its length 4 to 4-1- times in length to vent, its depth 

 equal to the distance between the centre of the eye and the tympanum ; 

 a lanceolate concavity from the frontonasal to the middle of the 

 frontal ; snout obtusely pointed, as long as the postocular part of 

 the head, with rather sharp canthus and feebly concave loreal region ; 

 nasals feebly swollen. Pileus twice as long as broad. Neck as broad 

 as the head. Hind limb reaching the ear or the eye; foot IJ to 1| 

 times as long as the head ; fourth toe, from the base of the fifth, l^to 

 li times as long as the head. Tail about twice as long as head and 

 body. 



Upper head-shields convex. Suture between the nasals short or 

 very short, not more than -{ the length of the frontonasal, which is 



