266 REPTILES. 



The Senegal Chameleon. Chameleo Senegalensis, Daud. 

 Rept.W. 203. Ciiv. R. A. ii. 52. Grai/, Phil. Mag. 1827, 212. 

 Griffith, A. K. ix. 154. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 221. C. gymno- 

 cephalus, Kaup. Isis, 1825. C. Bonse Spei, Law. 46, from Seha, 

 i. t. 83, /. 5. Laceita Chameleon, Linn. S. N. i. 265. Shaw, 

 Zool. iii. 253, t. 76, cop. Miller, Gym. Phys. t. 11. L. pumila, 

 GmeL S. N. 1069. Ch. calcaratus, part, Merrem, from Miller, 

 Cym. Phys. t 11. 



Grey or bluish ; occiput flat, rounded behind ; the superciliary 

 ridge not jointed on the occiput or end of the muzzle; dorsal and 

 ventral line denticulated ; scales small, equal ; of the occiput ra- 

 ther convex. 



a. In spirits, grey, bleached. Senegal ? Presented by Joshua 



Brookes, Esq. 



b. In spirits, beneath pale. W. Africa. From Mr. Raddon's 



collection. 



c. In spirits, not good state. W. Africa. 



d. Stuffed. W. Africa. 



The Flap-necked Chameleon. Chameleo dilepis, Leach, 

 Bowdich, Ashantee, 493, (1819). Gray, Phil. Mag. 1827, 211. 

 Griffith, A. K. ix. oS. Spic. Zool.2, t. 3,f. 4, 5. Dum. et Bib. 

 E. G. iii. 225. C. planiceps, Merrem, Syn. 162 (not syn.) C. 

 bilobus, " Leach,^^ Kuhl, Beytr. 104. Kaup. Isis. 



Blue, M^ith a white spot over each shoulder and a white streak 

 on each side of the chest; occiput flat, with a rounded fleshy lobe 

 on each side behind ; superciliary ridges not united together, ei- 

 ther at the occiput or muzzle ; dorsal and ventral line denticulat- 

 ed ; scales small, close, equal. 



a. Adult male ? in spirits. Occipital lobes very large, covered 



with flat large 6-sided scales. Africa, Gambroon. Presented 

 by T. E. Bowdich, Esq. 



b, c. Adult, in spirits. Occipital lobes small, rudimentary. W. 



Africa, Senegal. Presented by Adam Gerard, Esq. 



d. Half-grown, in spirits. Ashantee. From the Leyden Museum. 



Ch. Senegalensis, Schlegel. 



e. Half-grown, in spirits. Scales of crown and occiput very flat. 



Fantee. Presented by Capt. Marryat, R.N. 



ff Scales unequal, larger tubercular. Muzzle simple. 



The Bourbon Chameleon. Chameleo pardalis, Cuv. R. A. 

 ii. 60. Gray, Griffith, A. K. iii. 154. Dam. et Bib. E. G. iii. 228. 

 C. niger. Lesson, III. Zool. t. 34. 



Occiput flat, with a well-marked central longitudinal keel ; 

 face-ridge rather prominent, edged with larger tubercles and unit- 

 ed in front ; back, chin and belly with a denticulated crest ; the 

 scales moderate, with larger scattered ones. 



a. In spirits. Bourbon. From the Paris Museum. 



