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Show 214 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE REPTILES AND [Feb. 4, reaches the eye ; tibia longer than the skull; third finger slightly longer than fourth; fourth toe slightly longer thani third, lail rounded; the scales as large as the dorsals and not verticillate. Pale olive-brown above, with traces of dark cross-bands; white beneath, throat with dusky longitudinal streaks. millim. L mi^m- Prom snout to vent. 110 Pore limb bU Head 25 Hind limb 90 Width of head.... 23 Tibia 30 A single female specimen, with part of the tail missing. Between Shebeh and Juba Rivers, 27.2.95. This species is intermediate between A. spinosa and A. rueppelhi. 8. AGAMA DORI^E, Blgr. W . of Juba R., 21.3.95 ; L. Stephanie, 16.6.95 ; L. Rudolf. *9. AGAMA LIONOTUS, sp. n. (Plate VIII.) Head rather strongly depressed, as long as broad. Nostril tubular, directed upwards and backwards, in the posterior part of the nasal, on the canthus rostralis. Upper head-scales moderately large, smooth; two elongate scales on the middle of the snout; occipital enlarged; nine or ten upper labials ; sides of head, near the ear, and neck with groups of spines, the longest of which nearly equal the diameter of the tympanum ; latter entirely exposed, a little larger than the eye-opening. Throat much plicate ; no gular pouch. Body strongly depressed; dorsal scales small, broader than long, rounded behind, very feebly and obtusely keeled, the keels converging towards the vertebral line; o0 scales on the vertebral line between the origin of the fore limbs and the the origin of the hind limbs; a small nuchal crest: no dorsal crest; ventral scales small, smooth ; 65 scales round the middle of the body. The adpressed hind h m b reaches the tympanum; tibia sliehtly longer than the skull; third finger a little longer than fourth; fourth toe a little longer than third. Tail compressed and serrated above, with large, keeled, and mucronate scales forming annuli. Male with a row of anal pores. Dark olive above, lighter on the vertebral line ; some of the dorsal scales yellowish ; head yellow above, sides near the ear reddish, brick-red beneath; belly and lower surface of limbs bluish grey. millim. millim. Prom snout to vent. 130 Pore limb 61 Head 30 Hind h m b 92 Width of head.... 28 Tibia 32 A single male specimen, with imperfect tail. S.E. of Lake Rudolf, 2.9.95. Most nearly allied to A. planiceps, but distinguished by the larger spines on the sides of the head and neck, and by the very feebly keeled dorsal scales. |
