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Show 620 ON REPTILES ETC. FROM BALUCHISTAN. [Nov. 30, 3. On a Collection of Reptiles and Amphibians from Baluchistan made by Dr. C. Duke in April and May,'1877. By A. A. W. HUBRECHT. With a Note by W. T. BLANFORD, F.Z.S.1 [Eeceived October 17, 1880.] Having been requested by Mr. Francis Day, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Cheltenham, to name and accept for the Leiden Museum the above-mentioned collection of Reptiles and Amphibians, I have had great pleasure in complying with this wish, and may here be allowed to give the list of the different species it contains. Although there are no novelties amongst them, still our knowledge of the geographical distribution of certain species may profit by such enumerations, especially in the case of a country like Baluchistan, which by its position on the border between the Palaearctic and Oriental regions has an increased interest for the student of geographical zoology. 1. CALOTES VERSICOLOR, Daud. Nal. An adult specimen. The species has already been recorded from Afghanistan and Baluchistan (Blanford). 2. AGAMA AGILIS, Oliv. Nal. This species is exceedingly common in Persia (Blanford), and has also been obtained in the Punjab aud in Sind. 3. STELLIO CAUCASICUS, Eichw. Nal. One fine specimen, adult. 4. AGAMURA CRURALIS, Blanf. Of this interesting Gecko with its Agamoid affinities, one specimen was captured at Nal. Blanford's type specimens all came from Baluchistan (W. T. Blanford, 'Eastern Persia,' vol. ii. p. 356, pl. xxiii. f. 3). The specimen is unfortunately deprived of its tail. 5. ACANTHODACTYLUS MICROPHOLIS, W. Blanf. 1. c. p. 383, pl. xxvi. f. 2. Like the foregoing species this one was first described by Blanford from specimens from Baluchistan. A specimen was captured at Nal which decidedly belongs to this species, although the keels on the dorsal scales are much less conspicuous. 6. TAPHROMETOPUM LINEOLATUM, Brandt, Bull, cle l'Acad. Sc. St. Petersb. iii. p. 243 ; Blanford, /. c. p, 422. One specimen from Quetta. 1 Communicated by Mr. F. Day, F.Z.S. |