20. PHRTNOCEPHALTTS. 369 



«, ^e. d' S . Zebil, Bulgar Dagh, Oiliciaii 0. G. Danford, Esq . [F.l 

 Taurus, 4000 ft. ' i l j 



/■ c?- Biredijk, Euphates. C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 



ff- o • Rumkaleh, Euphrates. 0. G. Danford, Esq. rP.]. 



f ¥ • Asia Minor. C. FeUows, Esq. [P.l. 



*■ t^- Asia Minor. A. Christy, Esq. [P.]'. 



ft-ra- c? ? . Asia Minor. Sir J. Richardson [P.! 



o,p.2&yg. Xanthus. Haslar Collection, 



j-s. c? S . Lake of Galilee. Canon Tristram [0.1. 



t. Hgr. Damascus. Dr. Anderson [P."'. 



u-v. Hgr. & yg. Ramleh, Judea. Dr. Anderson [P.'. 



w- 2- Jerusalem. Dr. Anderson I P.' . 



•r. $ . Mt. Sinai. ^ "' 



.V. $ . Egypt. M. Lefebvre [P.]. 



z, a.Hgr. &yg. Egj-pt. Rev. W. Hennah [P.l 



/3. Skeleton. ? '- -' 



20. PHRYNOCEPHALUS*. 



Phrynocephalus, Kaup, Isis, 1826, p. 591 ; Fitsinff. iV. Claisif. Bept. 



p. 15 ; Wagl. Sijst. Amph. p. 144 ; Wiegm. Herp. Mex. p. 17 j 



Dm?™. ^ £ibr. Erp. Ghi. iv. p. 512; Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 259; 



Oiintji. Mept. Brit. Ind. p. 160. 

 Megalochilus, Eichw. Zool. Spec. Boss. Pol. iii. p. 185 ; Gray, I. c. 



p. 261. 



Tympanum hidden. Body depressed. No dorsal crest. A trans- 

 verse gular fold ; no gular sac. Tail round. No femoral or 

 praeanal pores. 



South-eastern Europe ; Central Asia. 



Synopsis of the Species. 

 I. No lobe of skin at the angle of the mouth. 



A. Dorsal lepidosis heterogeneous. 



Nasals generally in contact ; toes feebly 



fringed; tail with deep black bars in- 



feriorly 1. olivieri, p. 370. 



Nasals separated ; toes strongly fringed . . 2. helioscopus, p. 371. 



B. Dorsal lepidosis homogeneous, the scales on the vertebral 



region considerably larger than those on the flanks ; no 

 spinose scales on the sides of the head and neck. 



1. Pectoral scales smooth or very feebly keeled ; tail not twice 

 as long as the distance from gular fold to vent. 



Pectoral scales quite smooth ; nostrils widely 



separated, directed outwards 3. vlangalii, p. 372. 



* 1. P. variiis, Eichw. Zool. Spec. iii. p. 186. — S. Siberia. 



2. P. melanurus, Eichw. 1. c. — S. Siberia. 



3. P. nigricans, Eichw. 1. c. — S. Siberia. 



2b 



