. Zoology of Egypt. £> ?;? 2 O ;§ pq x V3 5 i-3 > H CJ < k a o s3 K E-i Cfl 2 - < ?o u M <! ^j. ACANTHODACTYLUS BOSKIANUS. 149 from the labial margin by the fourth and fifth, and occasionally by the fifth and sixthlabials. Ear denticulated in a varying degree. Temporal scales more or less elongate,in some examples obtusely keeled, in others smooth and conical. Dorsal scales smallfrom the occiput to the shoulder, rhomboidal, imbricate, carinate, increasing in size atthe shoulder, very much larger on the hinder part of the back, where they pass into thelarge scales on the base of
. Zoology of Egypt. £> ?;? 2 O ;§ pq x V3 5 i-3 > H CJ < k a o s3 K E-i Cfl 2 - < ?o u M <! ^j. ACANTHODACTYLUS BOSKIANUS. 149 from the labial margin by the fourth and fifth, and occasionally by the fifth and sixthlabials. Ear denticulated in a varying degree. Temporal scales more or less elongate,in some examples obtusely keeled, in others smooth and conical. Dorsal scales smallfrom the occiput to the shoulder, rhomboidal, imbricate, carinate, increasing in size atthe shoulder, very much larger on the hinder part of the back, where they pass into thelarge scales on the base of the tail; 8 to 16 rows between the thighs. Thirty-five to 58 1rows of scales round the middle of the body; ten rows of ventral plates, exceptionallytwelve, broader than long, and in longitudinal and transverse series. Usually a prseanalplate with two or three smaller plates anterior to it, and also laterally, but sometimesall are more or less broken up. Limbs well developed, variable, the hind limb mayreach as far as the eye or only to the shoulder. Digits on the fore and hind limbscovered with three rows
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