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The Warty Chameleon. Chameleo verrucosus, Cuv. R. A. 

 ii. 60. Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. 53. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 210, t. 

 27,/. 1. C. monilifer, Boie. 



Occiput triangular, pointed lieliind, with a high curved keel ; 

 dorsal, ventral and subcaudal line toothed; scales small, rounded, 

 with scattered larger ones, and with a longitudinal series of circu- 

 lar scales on each side. 



a, h. Adult. Madagascar. Presented by Capt. Sir Edw. Belcher, 



C.B., R.N. 

 c, d. Half grown. Madagascar. Presented by Capt. Sir Edw. 



Belcher, C.B., R.N. 



fff Scales unequal. Muzzle {of maleP) ivith a central prominence. 



The Rhinoceros Chameleon. Chameleo rhinoceratus, G^-at/, 

 Ann. and Mag. N. H. 1843, 46. 



Dark, white-spotted, in spirits, with a pale streak in the mid- 

 dle of each side; nose with a large projecting trigonal promi- 

 nence, with a single small keel on its lower edge, and 2 toothed 

 keels on its upper edge ; back and belly toothed, keeled ; occiput 

 with a central keel. (Male of C. verrucosus P). 



a. In spirits. Madagascar. Presented by Capt. Sir Edw. Bel- 

 cher, C.B., R.N. 



**** Back luith a toothed crest. Belli/ and sides simple. 



■f Chin and muzzle simple. 



The Tuberculated Chameleon. Chameleo tuberculiferus, 

 Gray. Ch. Namaquensis, A. Smith, Zool. Jour. 



Pale grey; occiput squarish behind, with a tubercle upon the 

 hinder end of each lateral crest, and an ascending central crest, 

 which is angular behind ; muzzle and chin simple ; back with a 

 crest of distant conical tubercles ; belly not crested ; scales small, 

 equal, granular. 



a, h. Stuffed. S. Africa, Namaqua Land. From the South Afri- 

 can Museum. 



The Hooded Chameleon. Chameleo cucullatus, Gray, Syn. 

 Griff. A. K. ix. 54. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 227. 



Occiput compressed, flat, wdth a rounded fleshy lobe on each 

 side behind ; dorsal and ventral line entire; muzzle straight; the 

 scales oval, unequal. 



a. Adult, in spirits. Madagascar. Presented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 



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