174 A NATURALIST IN THE TRANSVAAL. 



EEPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 



BY G. A. BOULENGER, F.Z.S. &c. 



REPTILIA. 

 LACERTILTA. 



Ayama liispida, L. Pretoria. 



In the adult females the ear-opening is a little larger than 

 the eye-opening, and the head is blackish, all over or on the 

 sides only. One of the males shows a vermilion stripe along 

 each side of the belly, from axilla to groin, and scattered spots 

 of the same colour on the sides of the body and above the 

 shoulder. All the specimens have a yellowish vertebral stripe. 



Ayama atricollis, Smith. Pretoria. 



Zonurus cordylus, L. Pretoria. 



Varanus niloticvs. Pretoria. 



Nucras tessellata, Smith. Pretoria. 



A single young specimen. Black above, with three white 

 lines along the back, and two series of round white spots along 

 the sides ; sides of head with black and white vertical bars ; 

 tail coralline red. 



Ercmias Hneo-occUata, D. & B. Pretoria. 



Gerrhosaurus flaviyularis, Wiegrn. Pretoria. 



Mabuia trivittata, Cuv. Pretoria, 

 32 or 34 scales round the middle of the body. 



Mabuia striata, Ptrs. Pretoria. 



The single specimen has 40 scales round the middle of the 

 body, and is therefore referable to Peters's M. ivahlbcryii, 

 which I now regard as not separable from M. striata. 



Cliamceh'on parvilobus, Blgr. Pretoria. 



