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AGAMIDjE, 



41. Agaiua stellio. 



Stellio cordylina, Gray, Cat. p. 255. 

 Lacerta stellio, Linn. S. N. i. p. 361 ; Hasselq. Reiae Paldst. p. 351. 

 Iguana cordylina, Law. Syst. JRept. p. 47. 

 Cordylus stellio, Laur. I. c. p. 52. 

 Stellio vulgaris, Latr. Rept. ji. p. 22 ; Daud. Rept. iv. p. 16 ; Oeoffr. 



Descr. Egypte, JRept. p. 127, pi. ii. fig. 3 ; Heyd. in Rilpp. Atlaa 



N. Afr., ikept. p. 6. pi. ii. ; Gu4rin, loon. R. A. pi. vi. fig. 2 ; Bibr. 



in Bory, Exped. Mor^e, Rept. p. 68, pi. xi. fig. 1 & pi. xiii. fig. 1 ; 



Dum. ^ Bibr. iv. p. 528 ; Duvern. R. A., Rept. pi. xiii. fig. 1 ; 



Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 469; Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1879-80, p. 196. 

 Agama sebee, Merr. Tent. p. 55. 



cordylea, Merr. I. c. 



Stellio antiquorum, Eichw, Zool. Spec. p. 117. 

 cyprius, Fitting. Syst. Rept. p. 85. 



Head moderately depressed, with swollen cheeks in the male ; 

 nostril lateral, below the canthus rostralis ; upper head-scales 

 smooth or feebly keeled ; occipital not enlarged ; sides of head and 

 neck with numerous short spine-like scales ; ear exposed, a little 

 larger than the eye-opening. Throat with strong transverse folds ; 

 no gular pouch. Body much depressed, with a distinct dorso-lateral 

 fold, and vertical folds on the sides ; an irregular transverse fold on 

 the neck ; vertebral region with irregular keeled scales intermixed 

 with strongly enlarged, feebly keeled ones ; the rest of the back 

 with minute scales intermixed with scattei'ed enlarged ones, forming 

 more or less regular transverse series ; on the dorso-lateral fold and 

 on the flanks the enlarged scales conical, spinose ; ventral scales 

 smooth ; gulars strongly keeled, spinose posteriorly. Limbs strong, 

 with compressed digits ; scales on upper surface of limbs large, 

 strongly keeled, spinose ; third and fourth fingers equal, or fourth 

 very slightly longer ; fourth toe a little longer than third, fifth 

 extending beyond first. Tail round, depressed at the base, about 

 twice as long as the distance from gular fold to vent; the scales 

 large, strongly spinose, arranged in rings, two of which form a 

 well-marked segment. Male with three to five rows of anal pores, 

 and a double series of pores on the middle of the belly. Olive 

 above, spotted with black, generally with a vertebral series of large 

 yellow or orange spots ; the male's throat reticulated with bluish 

 grey. 



Total length 284 millim. 



Head 31 „ 



Width of head 30 „ 



Body 83 „ 



Pore limb 55 ,, 



Hind limb 85 „ 



Tail 170 „ 



S.E. Europe ; Asia Minor ; Syria ; N. Arabia ; Egypt. 



