464 Annals of the South African Museum. 



1. AGAMA. 

 Daudin, Hist. Eept. iii. p. 333 ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i. p. 335. 



Synopsis of the South African SjJecies. 



I. Occipital scale (bearing the "pineal eye") more or less enlarged. 



A. Fifth toe not extending as far as first ; hind limb not 

 reaching the ear ; back with small scales intermixed with 



■ enlarged spinose ones. 

 Ear-opening smaller, or at any rate not larger, than eye-opening ; 

 third toe longer than fourth ; ventral scales more or less strongly 



keeled, ending in a spine A. Impida. 



Ear-opening smaller, or at any rate not larger, than eye-opening ; 

 third and fourth toes equal, or fourth the longer ; ventral scales 



smooth or feebly keeled A. brachyura. 



Ear-opening larger than eye-opening ; third toe longer than fourth ; 



ventral scales smooth or feebly keeled A. distanti. 



B. Fifth toe extending as far as first, or farther ; ear-opening 

 larger than eye-opening. 



1. Scaling of back heterogeneous, with enlarged more or 

 less spinose scales; a low crest or serrated line along 



the middle of the back A. aculcata. 



2. Scales on back equal or intermixed with more or less 

 enlarged ones ; a nuchal but no dorsal serration or 

 crest. 



The smallest dorsal scales not larger than the ventrals, the scaling 



homogeneous or heterogeneous A.atra. 



Dorsal scales equal in size, much larger than the ventrals . . . . A. planiccps. 



3. Scales on back equal ; a more or less distinct denticula- 

 tion or crest along the middle of the back. 



Dorsal scales much larger than ventrals ; latter keeled A. moa-sambica. 



Dorsal scales (except on vertebral region) scarcely larger than 



ventrals; latter smooth A. kirkii. 



II. Occipital scale not enlarged ; scales on back unequal, irregular ; 

 scales on tail forming more or less distinct rings, and a double 

 series on the median dorsal line A. atricolUs. 



1. Agama hispida. 



Lacerta hispida, Linn. Mus. Ad. Fred. p. 44. 



Agama hispida, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i. p. 349. 



Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Eiver Colony. 



Cape Colony : Cape Division (Oakley, de Souza) ; Worcester 



(Lycett) ; Knysna (Maritz) ; Little Namaqualand (Lightfoot, 



Broom). 

 Natal : Durban (Bowker). 

 Orange Eiver Colony : Kroonstad (Watermeyer). 



2. Agama brachyuba, Bouleng., t.c, p. 350, pi. xxviii. fig. 1. 

 Cape Colony. 



