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Cape Colony, German South- West Africa. 

 Cape Colony : Little Namaqualand (Schlechter). 



3. SCAPTIKA SERRIPES. 



Eremias serripes, Peters, CEfvers. Vet. Ak. Forh., 1869, p. 659. 

 Scaptira serrip)es, Bouleng., t.c, p. 111. 

 Little Namaqualand, German South-West Africa, Benguela. 

 Cape Colony : Little Namaqualand (Peringuey). 



4. Scaptira ctenodactyla. 



Lacerta ctcnodactylus, Smith, Mag. N. H. (2) ii., 1838, p. 93. 



Scaptira ctenodactyla, Bouleng., t.c, p. 115. 



Cape Colony, German South-West Africa. 



Cape Colony : Little Namaqualand (Scully, Peringuey). 



5. Scaptira cuneirostris, Strauch, Mel. Biol. Ac. St. Petersb. vi., 



1867, p. 411 ; Bouleng., t.c, p. 116. 

 Damaraland. 



6. APOEOSAUEA. 

 Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 117. 



1. Aporosaura anchiet^. 



PachyrhyncJms anchietcs, Bocage, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xx., 



1867, p. 226. 

 Aporosaura cmchieta, Bouleng., t.c 

 German South-West Africa, Angola. 



Family GERRHOSAURID^. 



Tongue moderately long, with scale-like papilUie or oblique plicae. 

 Dentition pleurodont. Upper surface of head with large symmetrical 

 shields. Body with large shields over bony plates, and a lateral fold 

 covered with granules. Femoral pores present. 



Three Genera in South Africa. 



Tongue nearly entirely covered with imbricate scale-like papillis ; 



prsefrontal shields present ; lower eyelid scaly Gerrlwsaurus. 



Tongue nearly entirely covered with oblique plicse ; no prsefrontal 



shields ; lower eyelid scaly ; limbs short or rudimentary . . . . Tetradactylus. 



Tongue nearly entirely covered with imbricate scale-like papilliE ; 



no prsefrontal shields ; lower eyelid with a large transparent disk Cordylosaiirus. 



