LIZARDS. 269 



The Pearled Chameleon. Chameleo pumilus, Latr. Rept. 

 46. Daud. Rept. iv. 212, t. 53. Graij, Phil. Mag. 1827, 210. Dum. 

 et Bib. E. G. iii. 218. C. Bonas Spei, Laur. Rept. 46. C. mai- 

 garitaceus, Merrem, Tent. 162. Seba, Thes. i. t. 82,/. 4, 5, bad. 



Occiput triangular, elongate, narrow, with a low strong keel, 

 with strong warty ridges ; throat with compressed lobes of skin ; 

 back and tail denticulated ; belly simple ; scales small, granular, 

 unequal, crowded, with a few scattered rather larger scales, and I 

 or 2 series of larger scales on each side, of the belly small, nearly 

 unifonn. 



a — c. Adult and half-grown, in spirits. South Africa, Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



d, e. In spirits. Cape of Good Hope. 



/, g. In spirits. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by A. Mac 

 Leay, Esq. 



h. Young, in spirits. Cape of Good Hope. From H.M.S. Chan- 

 ticleer. 



***** Back and belly not crested. 



Parsons's Chameleon. Chameleo Parsonii, Cuv. Oss. Foss. 

 V. t. 16, /. 30, 31. R. A. ii. 60. Grag, Phil. Mag. 1827, 213. 

 Griff. A. K. ix. 54. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 231. Ch. Madecas- 

 sus. Lesson, Illust. Zool. t. 35. Lacerta Chameleon, 8. Gmel. S. 

 N. i. 1069. Parsons, Phil. Trans. Iviii. 195, t. 8,/. 1, 2. cop. Na- 

 turforscher, v. 184, t. 



Top of the head sloping, occiput broad, flattened, shelving ; 

 muzzle of male divided into 2 tubercular compressed erect lobes ; 

 dorsal and ventral line not toothed ; scales small, quadrangular. 



a. Adult female, stufied. Muzzle unarmed. Madagascar. From 

 M. Parzudaki's collection. 



The Three-horned Chameleon. Chameleo Ovvenii, Grag, 

 Zool. Misc. 7, t. 4, old and young. Ch. tricornis, Gray, Griff] A. 

 K. ix. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 227. Ch. Bibronii, Martin, P. Z. 

 S. 1828, Qb. 



Occiput flat, with a slight central ridge, contracted behind ; 

 head of male with 3 long subcylindrical conical pointed horns, I 

 before each eye and 1 at the end of the muzzle ; the scales small, 

 roundish, unifonn, close ; dorsal and ventral line not toothed. 



a. Adult male, in spirits. Fernando Po. Presented by J. E. 



Gray, Esq. 



b. In spirits, male. Fernando Po. Presented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 

 (*. In spirits, female with eggs, no horns. Fernando Po. Pre- 

 sented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 



Chameleo Bibronii, Martin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838, 65. 



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