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same specimens the prsef rontals form a median suture; thus, 

 in this species, too, the frontonasal and the frontal are some- 

 times not in contact. These hzards are to be found everywhere 

 on sandy and dry places; the ground colour varies in corre- 

 spondence to the environs. 



Mabuia gravenhorstii Dum. & Bibr. 



BouLGR., Cat. Liz. III, p. 200. 



One specimen from S:te Marie de Marovoay, ^-/^^ 1906. 

 Length 68 + 55 mm; the tail broken and reproduced to some 

 extent. 



According to Mr. Kaudern, the species lives in the woods 

 in opposition to the preceding species, which prefers open places. 



Chamseleon verrucosus Cuv. 



BouLGR., Cat. Liz. III., p. 454. 



Nine specimens from Majunga and S:te Marie. Total 

 length 300 — 450 mm. The species is very common; one of 

 the examples was caught in a room. The colour is generally 

 light grey to dark brownish black, but the specimen caught in 

 the house was a pretty grass-green. All the chamelions are 

 called on the Hova language »tanala», on the sakalå language 

 »torondro». 



Chamseleon rhinoceratus Gray. 

 BouLGR., Cat. Liz. III, p. 456. 



One specimen, S:te Marie de Marovoay in the forest, ^^s 

 1906. 70 + 80 mm. in length. 



Brookesia superciliaris Kuhl. 



BouLGR., Cat. Liz. III, p. 474. 



One specimen, S:te Marie de Marovoay ^%i 1906, 41 + 24 

 mm in length. The species lives in the forest among dry leaves 

 on the ground and resembles its surroundings in a high degree. 



Brookesia ebenaui Boettg. 



BouLGR., Cat. Liz. III, p. 475. 



Two specimens, male and female in copulation; S:te Marie 

 de Marovoay ^^^^ 1906 on a bush in the wood. 



The only difference I can see between the sexes, except 

 that the female is considerably distended by 3 — 4 large ova 



