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Show 1896.] LIZARDS OF THE GENUS EREMIAS. 929 Boulengerina brenneri, Lataste, Ann. Mus. Genova, (2), ii. 1885, p. 117. Eremias edwardsil, Mocquard, M e m . Cent. Soc. Philom. p. 115, pl. xi. fig. 1 (1888). Fig. 5. Eremias brenneri. Head once and two-thirds to twice as long as broad. Upper head-shields closely and finely striated; frontonasal as long as broad or longer than broad ; anterior supraocular not bordered with granules; interparietal small, in one specimen divided into three, separated from the very small occipital by another small shield; an elongate shield on the outer border of the parietals ; temporal scales granular, keeled ; subocular not reaching the lip, wedged in between the sixth and seventh upper labials ; the two or three anterior pairs of chin-shields in contact. Collar with 7 to 9 shields. Dorsal scales rhomboidal, juxtaposed or subimbricate, keeled, some even tricarinate, 65 to 68 across the middle of the body. Six longitudinal series of ventral plates, with a rudimentary outer series ; 25 to 27 transverse series. A more or less enlarged median prseanal. The hind limb reaches the eye or the nostril; foot as long as the distance between the arm and the end of the snout; scales on the limbs strongly pluricarinate. 20 to 22 femoral pores on each side (23 or 24 in the types of E. edwardsil). Tail twice to twice and a half as long as head and body; upper caudal scales strongly keeled and striated. In the immature specimen (Obbia-Berbera), examined by m e in 1891, the coloration resembles strikingly that of the young Acunthodactylus bosklanus. Six reddish-white lines along the body, separated by broader black interspaces or stripes, along each 60* |
