LONNBERO. KKI'TUJA AM) BYIUACIIIV. 



The problem to solve is whether this interesting lizard of the Lacerta muralis 

 group has pushed so far south in recent time, or if it is a relict from a time when 

 the distribution of the genus Lacerta extended still further. The fact that this spe- 

 cies hitherto has been found on isolated mountains speaks for the latter alternative. 



Among the lifiij>togJossa the news are not so great. The collection contains 4 

 species from the Kilimandjaro-Meru region but they were all recorded from this tract 

 before. 24 species of lizards are now on record from the Kilimandjaro-Meru region. 

 Among the lizards from Usambara the huge Chamceleon melleri is the most interesting. 



Two species of Chamaeleons viz. Ck. dilepis and Ch. gracilis the fauna of Kili- 

 mandjaro has in common with that of the isolated Cameroon mountain of West 

 Africa. The latter fauna includes, however, not less than five endemic Chamseleons 

 and is thus much more sui generis than the fauna of Kilimandjaro. 



On the whole there is, however, a greater number of lizards in the Kilima- 

 ndjaro region than in the Cameroon territory and that depends upon that the former 

 is a more open and dry country which is more suitable for lizards. The same is also 

 proved by the components of the fauna. In Cameroon there are only two members 

 of the family Lac ert idee, viz. Lacerta echinata and Holaspis yuentheri (also found in 

 East Africa) while there are four at Kilimandjaro and several more in adjacent parts 

 of East Africa. Cameroon has only one Agama (colonorum) which is widely distri- 

 buted but 3 species of that genus live at Kilimandjaro and many more in adjacent 

 parts of East Africa. 



On the other hand there are two AmpMsbcenidce known from Cameroon but none 

 from Kilimandjaro. 



Fam. (ieekonida 1 . 



(Jonatodcs af'ricaiius (WERNER). 

 f,' I/in >intl'icli/ln.^ nfi-innnis WERNER. Verh. K. K. Zool. bot. Ges. Wien. 45 Bd. 5 Hft p. 190. 



1 defect specimen 21 /7 1905 Kibonoto. - 1 specimen Aug. 1905 Kibonoto at 

 Kilimandjaro. - 1 specimen from the Mkulumusi caves near Tanga, July 1905. - 

 2 specimens from the farms, Kibonoto, Nov. 1905. 1 specimen caught on a tree in the 

 farm at Kibonoto, Jan. 1906. 



This species is before this described from Usambara. 



Ht'inirtaotylus werneri TORNIER. 



HemirlactylitH bocagei TORNIER. Thierwelt Ost-Afrikas Lief. Ill Reptil. p. 12. 

 Heniiflncli/Ii/s werneri TORNIER. Arch. Naturgesch. Jahrg. 63, Bd. I p. 63. 



1 specimen from the acacia forest at the river Ngare na nyuki, Meru low lands 

 Nov. 1905. 



This specimen has 13 prseanal pores and agrees in other respects with TORNIERS 

 description of this species. 



