366 AaAMiD^. 



Var. fusca. 

 Stellio nuptus, var. fuscus, Blanf. E. Persia, p. 819. 



The traasverse nuchal fold less distiact, and the spines on the 

 sides of head and neck rather longer. General colour blackish- 

 brown, throat yellowish. 



Baluchistan, Persia. 



a. S- Near Jalk, Baluchistan. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [0.]. 



/3-y. c? • Shiraz, Persia. 



39. Agama microlepis. 



Stellio microlepis, Blanf. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (4) xiii. 1874, p. 453, 

 and E. Persia, p. 326, pi. xix. fig. 2. 



Head much depressed ; snout not longer than the diameter of the 

 orbit; nostril lateral, below the canthus rostralis, slightly tubular. 

 Upper head-scales smooth or feebly keeled ; occipital not enlarged ; 

 very small conical spinose scales on the sides of the head near the 

 ear and on the neck ; ear entirely exposed, larger than the eye- 

 opening. Throat strongly plicate ; no gular pouch. Body much 

 depressed, with a very indistinct lateral fold ; nuchal and dorsal 

 scales minute, granular ; a narrow zone on the vertebral line 

 covered with flat, smooth or feebly keeled, rather irregular, enlarged 

 scales about the size of those on the snout ; on the flanks are 

 scattered some feebly enlarged, conical spinose scales ; no nuchal 

 dentioulation ; ventral scales smooth, not quite as large as the en- 

 larged dorsals. 210 to 220 scales round the middle of the body. 

 Limbs strong, with compressed digits ; the scales on the upper sur- 

 face of the limbs strongly enlarged, strongly keeled and spinose ; 

 fourth finger very slightly longer than third ; fourth toe a little 

 longer than third, fifth extending beyond first. Tail rounded, de- 

 pressed at the base, covered with rather large spinose scales arranged 

 in rings, two rings forming a distinct segment ; the length of the 

 tail equals once and a half to once and three fourths the distance 

 from gular fold to vent. Male with a large patch of anal pores and 

 an enormous patch of ventral pores. Olivaceous above, dotted or 

 reticulated with black, and with yellowish spots ; throat dark- 

 marbled. 



Total length 301 millim. 



Head 31 



Width of head 29 



Body 110 



Fore limb ; 63 



Hind limb 88 



Tail 160 



Persia. 



a-d. S- Kushkizard, N. of Shiraz. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [0.1 



(Types.) 

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