Acanthodactylus. 97 



^ Hadramut 



? 



Hsr. 



The three forms may be distinguished by the following numerical 

 characters ; 



26 to 38 (usually 28 to 34) scales across middle of body; 12 (rarely 14) 

 longitudinal series of ventral plates ; 25 to 37 (usually 28 to 31) gular scales in 

 a straight line . . Forma fy pica . 



38 to 44 scales across middle of body; 12 (rarely 10 or 14) longitudinal 

 series of ventral plates; 33 to 37 gular scales in a straight line. 



Yar. hlanfordii, Blgr. 



27 to 35 scales across middle of body ; 14 (rarely 16) longitudinal series of 

 ventral plates ; 24 to 30 gular scales in a straight line Var. arabica, Blgr. 



10. ACANTHODACTYLUS SCUTELLATUS. 



Lacerta grammica, part., Lichtenst. Verz. Doubl. Mus. Berl. p. 100 

 (1823). 



Lacerta tcutellata, Aud. Descr. Egypte, Eept., Suppl. p. 172, pi. i, 

 fig. 7 (1829) ; M.-Edw. Ann. Sc. Nat. xvi, 1829, pp. 74, 85, pi. vi, 

 fig. 3; Hempr. & Ehrenb. Symb. Phys., Zool., Amph. pi. ii, fig. 4 

 (1899). 



Lacerta olivieri, part., And. ojJ- cit. p. 174, pi. i, fig. 11. 



Lacerta dumerilii, M.-Edw. t.c. pp. 75, 85, pi. vii, fig. 9. 



Seapteira inornata, Gray, Ann. N. H. i, 1838, p. 281. 



Mernles dumerilii, Grray, t.c. p. 282. 



Acanthodactylus scutellatus, Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. v, p. 272 

 (1839) ; Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 64 (1845) ; Strauch, Erp. Alg. p. 36 

 (1862) ; Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixii, i, 1870, p. 331 ; Bouleng. Bull. 

 Soc. Zool. France, 1878, p. 186, and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 744, 

 pi. Ixiii, fig. 2 ; Boettg. Abh. Senck. Ges. xii, 1881, p. 401 ; Lataste, 

 Ann. Mus. Genova (2) ii, 1886, p. 491 ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 64 

 (1887), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xiii, 1891, p. 130 ; Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1892, p. 14; Werner, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xliv, 1894, p. 82; 

 Eoenig, Eeise Alg. p. 412 (1896) ; Anders. Zool. Egypt, Eept. p. 161, 

 pi. xxii (1898) ; Doumergue, Erp. Oran. p. 162, pi. x, figs. 4-7 (1901) ; 

 Werner, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. xxvii, 1909, p. 606 ; Bouleng. Ann. Mus. 

 Genova (3) vi, 1914, p. 79, and Bull. Soc. Zool. Prance, 1918, 

 p. 148. 



Acanthodactylus inornatus, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 38. 



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