. Zoology of Egypt. h ; claws short, moderately about once and a half as long as the body and head, or longer; scales on itsupper surface large, generally strongly keeled, those on the under surface smooth orobtusely keeled. Fifteen to twenty-four femoral pores. Lineated, in the young state, with six white and seven black bands on the middle ofthe body. The bands or lines are lost with advancing age and the dorsal surface iscovered with a broad network of black bands, here and there marked with white spotsin longitudinal arrangement, as they are the remains of the white bands. Gene
. Zoology of Egypt. h ; claws short, moderately about once and a half as long as the body and head, or longer; scales on itsupper surface large, generally strongly keeled, those on the under surface smooth orobtusely keeled. Fifteen to twenty-four femoral pores. Lineated, in the young state, with six white and seven black bands on the middle ofthe body. The bands or lines are lost with advancing age and the dorsal surface iscovered with a broad network of black bands, here and there marked with white spotsin longitudinal arrangement, as they are the remains of the white bands. General colour, in the adult, olive-green, fawn, or even almost orange-red. Veryvariable in the degree to which the markings are developed. Underparts generallywhite, but in some the throat and ventral surface are finely speckled with dusky. The largest Egyptian male has the following measurements:—Snout to vent 68millim., tail 99 millim.; but the species attains to a considerably larger size inAlgeria and in ~ Q £X sZ >
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