. Zoology of Egypt. nge extends eastwards to Arabia and westwards toMogador, and may be said also to embrace the shores of the Mediterranean. It is generally found under stones, on old walls, and occasionally in inhabited caught it during the daytime on the stone walls of old windmills at Abukir. 88 THE KEPTILES OF EGYPT. Tarentola ephipfiata, OShaughn. (Fig. 5.) Tarentola ephippiata, OShaughn. Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) xvi. 1875, p. 263; Blgr. Cat. Liz. B. M. , pp. 198,414; Ann. Mag. N. H. (6) xii. 1893, p. 204; op. cit. (6) xvi. 1895, p. 166; Soc. 1896, p. 213 ; Ann. Mus.
. Zoology of Egypt. nge extends eastwards to Arabia and westwards toMogador, and may be said also to embrace the shores of the Mediterranean. It is generally found under stones, on old walls, and occasionally in inhabited caught it during the daytime on the stone walls of old windmills at Abukir. 88 THE KEPTILES OF EGYPT. Tarentola ephipfiata, OShaughn. (Fig. 5.) Tarentola ephippiata, OShaughn. Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) xvi. 1875, p. 263; Blgr. Cat. Liz. B. M. , pp. 198,414; Ann. Mag. N. H. (6) xii. 1893, p. 204; op. cit. (6) xvi. 1895, p. 166; Soc. 1896, p. 213 ; Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, ser. 2, xvii. (xxxvii.) 1897, p. 277. 1. Durrur, north of Suakin. Body short and stout, depressed; head depressed; snout rather broad, of variablelength, in some (W. Africa) equalling the distance between the eye and the ear, andin others (E. Africa) exceeding it. A supraorbital bone. No denticulation in front ofthe ear. Nine or ten upper, and eight lower labials. Nostril formed by the rostral, Pig.
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