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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
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Tlie last-named is the only species not obtained by Dr. Stoliczka in bis last journey • ^ 
had, however, previously been procured by him in Spiti (Steindachner, Rept. Nov. Exp-, 
All the other species named had also been obtained previously, no additions having 
made to the fauna by the present collection. . 
The very moderate list of species as yet procured from Eastern Turkestan comprises 
following forms : — 
Lacertilia : 
Stellio stoliczkanm. 
Phrynocephalus theobaldi, var. {V . foray tin) . 
P. axillaris. 
Teraioscincus keyserlingii. 
Gymnodacfylus elongatus. 
G. microtis. 
Premias yaricandensis. 
P. vermiculata. 
Zamenis ravergieri. 
Ophidta : 
Tropidonotus 
Taphromelopum Imeolatwm. 
Of these species, only Ph rynocep halm theobaldi and Eremias yaricandensis had j ' 
obtained before the country was visited by Dr. Stoliczka ; another species, Cyrl° a 
yaricandensis, recorded as having been brought from Yarkand, having really, I believe, 
collected in Ladak, and wrongly labelled. ^ them 
In the present account the following species are also mentioned, specimens 
having been collected by Dr. Stoliczka in the Punjab hills or in Kashmir : — ■ 
Stellio tuberculalus. 
S. agrorensis. 
Typhlops porreclus, var. 
Compsosoma hodgsoni. 
P/yas mucosus. 
Lacertilia : 
Pumeces tmniolatus. 
Mocoa himalayana. 
Ophidia : 
Tropidonotus platyceps. 
Vipera obtusa. 
Ilalys himalayanus. 
the 
With the possible exception of the last, none of these species appears to he found 
dry region of Ladak, north of the dividing range between Kashmir proper and e 
valley ‘ . . x • traversed by 
It is thus evident that, so far as the Reptiles are considered, the countries w £ aun as : 
Dr. Stoliczka between the plains of India and Kashghar yield three entirely distmc ^ qTJ0S) 
(1) that of the Punjab hills and Kashmir, comprising a majority of Himalayan ^ 
with a few species common to the plains of India and some types belonging to P ^ j a ^ e r 
genera ; (2) that of Western Tibet ; and (3) that of Eastern Turkestan, both .^ C j mV ing 
belonging to the palaearctic region, hut to distinct sub-divisions, only one spe k , 
hitherto been found in both areas, and even that is represented by well-marked van 
f his deseOP tionS 
1 Since the present account was first written, I have received, through the kindness of Dr. Strauch, a copy 0 than lB -' 
the reptiles collected by Colonel Przcvalski in Central Asia. The work was published in 1876, and is, therefore, a er^ p. Ill h 
preliminary account of Dr. Stoliczka’s collections in the “ Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ” for 1“' .jlent lithog ra P 
The greater portion of Dr. Strauch ’s paper is unfortunately in Russian, but the descriptions are in Latin, and exc ver1 nicd< 1 ‘ , 
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of all the new species are given. One form of Eremias, Podarces (E.) pylzowi, appears to me possibly the same as ^ species 
from Yarkand ; but of this I am not certain, and I am unable to identify any of the other forms described, me u o 
Phrynocephalus, and five (besides E. pylzowi) of Eremias, with the species inhabiting Eastern Turkestan. 
