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Show 968 CAPT. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Dec 18, 1| inches ; snout to vent 2 feet 5| inches ; tail (tip broken) 8 inches. VARANUS OCELLATUS Eiipp. Two specimens obtained, White Nile. Family SCINCIDAE. MABUIA STRIATA (Peters). One specimen of this Skink caught at Fashoda on the 22nd of March. Family GLAUCONIIDAE. GLAUCONIA CAIRI (Dum. et Bibr.). A little Snake caught at Gabt-el-Meghahid is apparently of this species, but unfortunately its somewhat shrivelled condition prevents its being determined for certain. Family BOIDAE. PYTHON SEBJS (Gmel). A young Python of this species was caught on the bank of the White Nile, near the mouth of the Bahr-el-Jebel, 14th April. Ventrals 280. Anal entire. Subcaudals 72. Scales in 93 rows. Family COLUBRIDAE. TROPIDONOTUS OLIVACEUS (Peters). Three specimens were caught in the sudd region of the Bahr-el- Jebel in April. CHLOROPHIS EMINI (Giinth.). Three Snakes of this species were caught in the sudd on the Bahr-el-Jebel in April. PSAMMOPHIS SIBILANS (Linn.). A specimen of colour-variety E (Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 161) was caught at Gabt-el-Meghahid in April: it had 1 pra- and 2 postoculars, temporals 2+2, 8 upper labials (4th and 5th enter eye), ventrals 183, subcaudals 100, and was in total length about 685 mm. V. BATEACHIANS. Family EANID^E. EANA MASCARENSIS Dum. et Bibr. One specimen caught a few miles south of Jebel Ain on the 22nd April • this was the first and only batrachian I (or any of our party) saw during the whole time we were south of Khartoum. It was coloured olive and bronze, with indefinite markings. |
