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Show 1900.] BATRACHIANS A N D REPTILES OF THE GABOON. 453 58. HAPSIDOPHRYS LINEATA Fisch. Hab. Liberia to Congo. 59. BHAMNOPHIS JETHIOPS Gthr. Hab. Liberia to Gaboon. 60. THRASOPS FLAVIGULARIS Hallow. Hab. Sierra Leone to Congo. 61. GRAYIA SMYTHI Leach. Hab. Liberia to Angola. 1 have re-examined all the specimens in the British Museum in the light of the remarks recently made by Prof. Barboza du Bocage (Herp. d'Angola et du Congo, pp. 102 & 104) and by Dr. Mocquard (Bull. Soc. Philom. [8] ix. 1897, p. 9), and although I admit the possibility of several species being confounded under the name of 67. smythi, I am unable to separate them into two by means of the characters pointed out by these authorities. This is obvious from the following tabulation of the shields and scales in the specimens examined by me :- o*. cf. 2 2- d- Yg. Yg- Yg. Yg. 2- 2- d- Yg. Yg. Yg. d- Hgr Sierra Leone Oil River, Camaroons » H Camaroons, opposite Fernando Po Gaboon j? Lambarene, Gaboon Cette Cama, Gaboon Mouth of the Loango Boma, Congo Monsembe, Congo Congo J» >> *> Central Africa , - ? Upper labials. 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 1 8 7 Scales. 17 17 17 17 19 17 19 19 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 19 17 Ventrals. 148 154 161 161 147 147 153 145 154 147 159 147 155 152 148 150 149 Caudal s. 97 99 89 V ? 82 80 ? 99 93 96 98 95 91 74 83 101 Mocquard gives 19 as the number of scales in 67. ornata=furcaia, but the types of both these supposed species are described as having only 17- A much larger material than was accessible to Bocage, Mocquard, and myself is required before tbe variations of the forms of this genus can be properly understood. 62. DlPSADOMORPHUS PULVERULENTUS Fisch. Hab. Liberia to Angola. |
