REPTILES FROM THE BOTTEGO EXPEDITION 717 



10. Agama bottegi, sp. n. (PI. IX, fig. 1). — Head moderate, 

 convex. Nostril tubular, directed upwards and backwards, pierced 

 in the posterior part of a small nasal on the canthus rostralis. 

 Upper liead-scales smooth ; occipital enlarged ; sides of head 

 near the ear, and neck with groups of spines the longest of 

 wliich measure two thirds the diameter of the ear-opening ; 

 latter large , entirely exposed , larger than the eye-opening ; 

 no regular gular pouch. Body scarcely depressed , covered above 

 with large, strongly keeled, strongly mucronate, imbricate scales 

 converging towards the vertebral line ; a strong nuchal crest , 

 the lobes of which equal the diameter of the ear-opening, and 

 a low crest extending along the back and tail ; ventral scales 

 keeled ; o3 scales round the middle of the body. Limbs strong ; 

 tibia as long as the skull ; third and fourth fingers equal ; fourth 

 toe very slightly longer than third, fifth not extending beyond 

 first. Tail nearly twice as long as head and body, slightly com- 

 pressed, keeled and serrated above , covered with strongly keeled 

 scales which are larger than those on the body. A series 

 of praeanal pores. Yellowish olive ; throat greyish , gular fold 

 orange ; a round black blotch on each side of the neck in front 

 of the shoulder. 



Total length 355 millim. 



Head 28 » 



Width of head 23 » 



Body 92 » 



Fore limb 52 » 



Hind limb 75 » 



Tail 235 . 



A single male specimen was obtained at Lugh by Capt. Fer- 

 rando 



This species is nearest allied to .1. mossambica , Ptrs., from 

 which it differs in the larger scales and the larger spines about 

 the ear and neck. 



11. Agama colonorum, Daud. — Between Sancurar and Amarr. 



12. Agama atricoìiis, Smith. — Between Sancurar and Amarr. 



13. Agamodon anguliceps, Ptrs. — Lugh. 



14. Latastia longicaudata, Reuss. — Lugh. 



