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moderate, smooth ; ear-hole moderate, with thin spines in front ; 

 sides of the neck with a group of very small pointed spines ; tail 

 long, compressed. 



a. In spirits. Tail slender. Cape of Good Hope. 



h. In spirits. Tail thick, keeled above. Cape of Good Hope. 



c. Half grown, in spirits. Tail thick, keeled above. Cape of 



Good Hope. Presented by J. Ford, Esq. 



d. Stuffed, half grown. Cape of Good Hope. 



The Agile Agame. Agama agilis, Oliv. Voy, Ottom. ii. 438, 

 t. 29, /. 2. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 497. Gray, Griffith, A. K. 

 ix. 58. Trapelus flavimaculatus, Rupp. N. Afr. Zool. 12, t. 6, 

 /.I. A. leucostigma. Reus. Mm. Senck. i. 44 ? 



Muzzle short, blunt ; nostrils small ; scales of the forehead 

 convex, of the back moderate, similar, equal, with a small keel 

 ending in a point behind, of the belly smooth ; ear-drum sunk, 

 narrow, with some small spines on its upper side ; the nape with a 

 small group of fine-pointed spines ; back not crested ; tail long, 

 conical. 



Inhab. Arabia, Bagdad. Mus. Paris. 



\-[ Back ivitk a fold on each side. Scales unequal, of belly smooth. 



The Hispid Agame. Agama aculeata, Merrem, Syn. 53. 

 Dum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 499. Lacerta Stellio, Shaw, Zool. iii. 229, 

 t. 7. Seba, ii. t. 8,/. 6. Trapelus hispidus, Gravenh. Acad. Nat. 

 Cur. xvi. 917, t. 64, f. 1—8. 



Head short, rounded in front ; head-scales smooth ; scales of 

 the back unequal, with 2 or 3 series of triangular tubercles on each 

 side of the dorsal line, of the belly smooth ; neck with some groups 

 of spines on the side ; nape, back, and base of tail with a small 

 crest; ear-drum open, with some small points in front ; third and 

 fourth hind toe equal, short ; tail long, strong, rather tapering. 



a. Young, in spirits. Pale ash, limbs black-dotted, tail black- 



banded. South Africa. 



Agama Capensis, Gray, Brit. Mus. 1837. 



b. Adult, stuffed. Scales rough, spinose, unequal, of tail large. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



c. Adult, stuffed. Olive, with a pale dorsal streak, scales smaller, 



keeled, more equal, with a plait down each side of the back on 

 which are a few spinose scales. Intermediate between A. ater 

 and A . aculeata. 



\W Back ivith a central fold and one on each side. Scales 

 unequal, tubercular, of belly keeled. 



The Spinose Agame. Agama hispida. Lacerta hispida, Linn. 

 S. N. ed. 13, 235. Kaup, Isis, xx. t. 7. L. orbicularis, Linn. S. 



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