268 Laceriidse. 



11. EEEMIAS G-UTTULATA. 

 POEMA TYPICA. 



Lacerta guttulata, Lichtenst. Verz. Doubl. Mus. Berl. p. 101 (1823) ; 

 Hempr. & Ehrenb. Symb. Phys., Zool., Ainph. pi. ii, fig. 1 (1899). 



Lacerta olivieri, part., Aud. Descr. Egypte, Eept., Suppl. p. 176, 

 pi. ii, fig. 1 (1829) ; M.-Edw. Anu. Sc. Nat. xvi, 1829, pp. 73, 84. 



Scapteira punctulata, Gray, Ann. N. H. i, 1838, p. 281. 



Eremias pardalis (non Licht.), Dum. &. Bibr. Erp. Gren. v, p. 312 

 (1839). 



Mesalina pardalis, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 43 (1845) ; Blanf. Zool. E. 

 Pers. p. 377 (1876). 



Eremias guttulata, A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Eept. pi. xlviii, fig. 8 

 (1845) ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1880, p. 308 ; Nikolsky, Fedscbenko's 

 Eeise, Zool. ii, pt. vii, p. 34 (1899) ; Doumergue, Erp. Oran. p. 198, 

 pi. XV, fig. 1 (1901); Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, ii, p. 145; 

 Anderss. in Jiigersk. Ees. Swed. Exped. Egypt, i, no. 4, p. 7 (1904) ; 

 Bouleng. Journ. Zool. Ees. iii, 1918, p. 5. 



Eremias {Mesalina) watsonana, Stoliczka, Proo. As. Soc. Beng. 

 1872, p. 86. 



Mesalina pardaloides, Blanf. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xiv, 1874, 

 p. 32, and Zool. E. Pers. p. 381. 



Mesalina guttulata, Blanf. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlviii, 1879, p. 127. 



Podarces (Eremias) pardalis, Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1879-80, p. 50. 



Eremias guttulata, part, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 87 (1887), Faun, 

 lad., Eept. p. 177 (1890), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xiii, 1891, p. 132 ; Anders. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 15, Herp. Arab. p. 43 (1896), and Zool. 

 Egypt, Eept. p. 174, pi. xxiii, fig. 3 (1898) ; Nikolslcy, Herp. Eoss. 

 p. 144 (1905) ; Werner, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. xxvii, 1909, p. 608. 



Eremias pardaloides, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. I.e. 



Head and body rather strongly depressed. Head If to 1 J times as 

 long as broad, its length 3| to 4 times in length to vent in males, 4 to 

 4^ times in females, its depth equal to the distance between the 

 centre of the eye and the tympanum ; snout pointed, with the nasal 

 shields more or less swollen, as long as broad or a little longer than 

 broad, as long as or slightly loriger than the postocular part of the 

 head ; canthus rostralis obtuse or sharp, loreal region feebly concave ; 

 a more or less distinct concavity in the middle of the upper surface of 

 the snout, extending to the middle or to the posterior extremity of the 

 frontal shield. Pileus Ij to 2 times as long as broad. Neck as broad 

 as the head or a little constricted. Hind limb reaching the collar or 



