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3. REPTILIA. 



Chelonia. 



*Trionyx tuberculatus. T. testa triste olivacea, ocellis nigris tuber- 

 culisque crebris tectii ; iufni albo-viridescens ; laminis osseis quatuor. 



Dark olive ; carapace with ocellated black spots and numerous tu- 

 bercles ; beneath greenish white ; four callosities. 



*Emys muticus. E. testa fuscii; fascia Isete flava pone oculos no- 

 tatus ; sterno scutis duodecim composito, fusco-maculatis. 



The shell brown ; behind the eyes a bright yellow band. Sternum 

 composed of twelve plates, with brown spots. 



Sauria. 



*Hemidactylus nanus. H. superne cinereus, strigis sagittalibus ni- 

 gris 5 — 6 ; Cauda annulis 6 — 7 ejusdem coloris cincta. Infra marga- 

 ritaceus. 



Gray above, with five to six black arrow-shaped marks, and six to 

 seven rings of the same colour on the tail. Beneath pearl-coloured. 



*Tiliqua rufo-guttata. T. superne senea, lineis serratis nigris qua- 

 tuor ornata ; lateribus pallide flavis, rubro permaculatis ; abdomine 

 pallide flavo. 



Bronze-coloured above, with four black zigzag lines ; the sides 

 pale yellow, with numerous red spots. Beneath pale yellow. 



Ophidia. 



a. Venomous. 



*Naja atra. N. superne atro-iridescens, lineis duplicibus trans- 

 versalibus flavis cincta ; abdomine in nonnuUis margaritaceo, in aliis 

 schistoso. 



Iridescent black, with a number of distant transversal double lines 

 of a yellow colour. The abdominal surface in some of a pearl, in 

 others of a slaty colour. 



b. Innocuous. 



*Lycodon rufo-zonatus. L. superne brunneus fasciis pluribus trans- 

 versalibus rubris ornatus ; superficie abdominali margaritacea, caudali 

 nigro-maculata. 193 -1- 72. 



Brown, with numerous transversal crimson bands ; the abdominal 

 surface pearl-coloured, spotted with black on the tail. 



* Coluber dhumnades. C. superne niger, fascia flava media, simi- 

 libus duabus utrinque antice inclusus ; abdomine schistoso. 1 89 -|- 98, 

 199 -f 92. 



Black, with a longitudinal yellow band in the middle and two on 

 either side, terminating with the anterior half of the back ; the ab- 

 dominal surface of a bluish black colour. 



* Coluber mandarinus. C. suj)erne Isete scarlatinus, rhombulis flavis, 

 oris nigris albo-marginatis, crebro ornatus, guttis nigris irregularibus 

 albo-marginatis utrinque inclusus ; scutis abdominalibus margarita- 

 ceis, alterne nigris. 222 + 63. 



Bright scarlet above, with numerous yellow lozenges, surrounded 

 with broad black brims, relieved with white edges ; on either side a 



