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Show 928 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE [Dec. 1, The hind limb reaches the eye, or between the eye and the nostril; foot as long as the distance between the arm and the nostril or the tip of the snout. 13 to 18 femoral pores on each side. Tail twice and a half to three times as long as head and body; upper caudal scales strongly keeled, basal subcaudals smooth. Cream-colour or pale buff above, with seven brown or black stripes as wide as or wider than the interspaces between them ; lower parts white. Toung striped black and white above; belly black or blackish, at least on the sides. _ 6- 2- millim. millim. Total length 155 154 Head 11 10 Width of head 7 6-5 From end of snout to fore limb 17 16 „ „ „ vent 43 40 Fore limb 15 14 Hind limb 34 31 Tail 113 114 The type specimens were obtained at Brava, Somaliland, by the late German traveller Hildebrandt. I have examined 13 specimens from Lugh, Somaliland, collected by Dr. Bottego. The dimensions and variations in scaling and number of femoral pores in these 13 specimens are here tabulated :- 6 • Lugh Yg. A. 42 40 40 40 40 38 35 40 40 39 39 25 23 B. 11 10 11 11 11 10 9-5 10 10 10 10 8 7 C. 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6-5 6-5 65 6-5 4-5 4 E. 6 6 5 6, 5 5 6 5 5 6 5,6 5 5 6 F. 63 58 55 57 56 67 63 65 56 66 53 61 58 G. 12 11 10 11 11 10 11 10 11 9 10 9 10 H. 26 25 25 26 26 25 25 26 26 27 28 26 27 18-17 15-15 15-15 14-14 15-14 15-14 17-16 15-14 17-17 15-15 16-15 13-14 17-18 A. Length from snout to vent (in millimetres). B. Length of head, O. Width of head. D. Shield between interparietal and occipital. E. Upper labial shields anterior to subocular. F. Number of scales across middle of body. G. Number of shields in collar. H. Number of transverse rows of ventral shields. I. Number of femoral pores (right and left). 5. EREMIAS BRENNERI. (Fig. 5, p. 929.) Eremias brenneri, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 432 ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 86 (1887) [part.] ; and Ann. Mus. Genova, (2), xii. 1891, p. 8 ; Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 719 ; Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2), xvii. 1896, p. 18. |
