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Show 1905.] BATRACHIANS AND REPTILES. 253 keeled. Limbs moderate, with scales very unequal in size; hind limb reaching between the shoulder and the ear; tibia as long as the skull to occiput; fingers short, third longest; third and fourth toes equal, or fourth very slightly the longer fifth not extending as far as first. Tail shorter or a little longer than head and body, cylindrical or slightly compressed, covered with strongly keeled scales. Male without gular pouch, with a single low of anal pores. Olive-brown or reddish brown above, with dark brown or blackish spots, the principal of which form a double series along the back, each pair separated on the vertebral line by a square or *}C-shaped or -shaped yellowish marking ; lower parts whitish or greyish, with a wide-marked grey or blackish network, which may disappear in adult males; the latter always have a bluish throat. ?. millim. millim. Total length ................ ................... 235 160 Head .............................. 22 Width of head ............. ................. 28 22 Body ............................................... 81 63 Fore limb ....................................... 53 40 Hind limb ................. ................. 72 54 Tail ............................................... 125 75 A. brachyura differs from A. hispida principally in the fourth toe not being shorter than the third and in the absence of strong keels on the ventral scales. 8. Agama a rm at a Peters. Hluhluwe Stream. 9. A g am a a tr a Daud. Klipfontein. Both A. micropholis Matschie (Zool. Jahrb., Syst. v. 1890, p. 607), and A. microterolepis Blgr. (Ann, & Mag. N. H. [6] xvii. 1896, p. 22), from the Transvaal, must be added to the synonymy of this species. 10. Z on u ru s po lyzon u s A. Smith. Port Nolloth, Klipfontein, 11. PSEUDOCORDYLUS MICROLEPIDOTUS Cuv. W akkerstroom. 12. C h am .e s a u r a a n g u in a L. Umfolosi Station. 13. V a r a n u s a l b ig u l a r is Daud. Umfolosi Station. |