LIZARDS. 123 



'2. ScELOTEs, Fitzinger. Bipes and Pygodactylus, Merrem. 

 Zygnis, Wagner, Cliamsesaura, Schneid. Clialcida, Meyen. 



Muzzle rather wedge-shaped. Rostral large, keeled in front, 

 deeply notched on the side. Nostrils lateral, in a notch in the hinder 

 edge of the rostral. Supranasals 2, contiguous, transverse, frontona- 

 -salnone, internasal and frontal large, frontoparietal and interparie- 

 tal united into a large triangular plate. Teeth conical, simple. 

 Tongue flat, scaly, nicked. Palate toothless, with a longitudinal 

 groove. Ear-opening veiy small. Lower eyelid scaly, opaque. 

 Legs 2, posterior. Toes 2, unequal, subcylindrical, simple, clawed. 

 Body cylindrical, elongate, sides rounded, belly flattish. Scales 

 smooth. Tail conical, pointed, elongate. 



The Bipes. Scelotes bipes, Anguis bipes, Linn. Mus. Adolph. 

 i. t. 28,/. 3. .S'. N. i. 390. Seba, i. t. 86, f. 3. Gmel. S. N. i. 1079. 

 Wagler, Sijst. 160. Meyer, 'di. Schneid. Amph. 213. Seps Gro- 

 novii, Daud. Rept. iv. t. 58, /. 2. S. lineata, Harlan, J. Acad. 

 Philad. iv. t. 18, /. 2. Bipes anguinus, Merr. Tent. 76. Grai/, 

 Ann. N. H. ii. "336. Pygodactylus Gronovii, Merr. Tent. 76. 

 Beitr. iii. t. 10. Scelotes anguinus, Fitz. S. Linnsei, Dum. et 

 Bib. E.G.y. 786. 



Silvery brown, back with 10 longitudinal black lines, the late- 

 ral ones most distinct, beneath white; scales sometimes with a 

 central black dot. 



rt — -f. Adult, in spirits. Cape of Good Hope. 



b. Rostral erect, rounded in front. Head pyramidical. 



3. GoNGYLUs, Wagler, Weigmann. Mabouya, part, Fitz, 



Head conical. Muzzle rounded. Eoslral square, v.'ith a deep, 

 angular, nasal notch. Nostril lateral, in the hinder edge of the 

 rostral. Supernasals 2, contiguous, frontonasal and frontoparie- 

 tal none, internasal broad, frontal large, interparietal very small, 

 triangular. Palate not toothed, with a longitudinal nick. Ears 

 distinct, simple-edged. Lower eyelid with a transparent disk. 

 Body fusiform, subcylindrical, elongate, sides rounded. Legs 4, 

 short, straight, far apart. Toes 5-5, unequal, rather compressed. 

 Scales smooth. Tail round, tapering. 



The TiLiGUGU. Gongylus ocellatus, Wagler, Syst. 162. Dum. 

 et Bib. E. G. v. 616. Tiliqua ocellata, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii. 292. 

 Scincus ocellatus, Meyer, Syn. 30. Daud. Rept. iv. t. 56. Oliv. 

 Voy. t. 16, f. 1. S. variegatus, Schn. Amph. 185. Licht. Doub. 

 103. S. tiligugu, Gmel. S. N. 1073. Daud. iv. 251. S. Ma- 

 bouya, Daud. R. iv. 246. S. tirus, Raff. 9. S. Tiligugus, Merr. 

 Tent. 73. S. Thyro, Metaxa. S. viridanus, Gravenh.3Ius.Berl. 

 Lacerta ocellata, Forsk. F. Arab. 13. Geoff. Rept. E. t. 5, f. 1. 2, 



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