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Show 1905.] B AT R A C! IIIAXS AND REPTILES. 251 and may measure three-fourths its diameter; the parotoids aie Hat and very indistinct, broken up into several glands; the subarticular tubercles are double, and there is no trace of a tarsal fold. The limbs are shorter than in B. carens and the white rhomboidal spot on the vertebral line, which does not exist in B. carens, appears to be constant; black spots are always present on the belly. 5. R axa d e l a l a x d i i D. & B. Durban Road. 6. R a x a fu sc ig u l a D. & B. Iv lipfontein. 7. R a x a a xg o l e x s is Bocage. Eshowe, Sibudeni, Wakkerstroom. The vocal sacs of the males form longitudinal folds on the sides of the throat. 8. R a x a m a sc a r e n ie x s is D. & B. Sibudeni. This species had not previously been recorded from South Africa. In the five specimens from Sibudeni the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches beyond the tip of the snout; a light vertebral stripe and a light line along the tibia are present. 9. R a x a g r a y i A. Smith. Durban Road, Klipfontein, Sibudeni, Ngoye Hills. 10. R a x a fa sc ia t a Tsch. Sibudeni. The longitudinal folds and the dark stripes on the back are absent in the single specimen. 11. P h r y x o b a t r a c h u s x a t a l e x s is A. Smith. Sibudeni. 12. A r th r o l ep t is w a u l b e r g i i A . Smith. Sibudeni and Hluhluwe Stream. The British Museum has also received a specimen from Pietermaritzburg, through Mr. Quekett. REPTILIA. C h e l o x i a . 1. S t e r x o t il e r u s s in u a tu s A. Sm ith . Umfulosi Station. A single half-grown specimen, the shell measuring 110 millim. As pointed out by me in 1896*, this species is very variable and * Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xvii. p. 15. |