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Coluber jiorulentulus and Eryx thebaicus of the North African fauna 

 have also penetrated to the south of Rudolph, Eryx, in fact, occur- 

 ring in dry areas as far south as Kahe in the vicinity of Mount 

 KjHmanjaro, in Tanganyika Territory. 



Mid-body scale rows, 27 to 29; ventrals, 165 to 172; anals single; 

 subcaudals, 28 to 36 in a single series; labials, 10 to 11. In these 

 as in all other characters the above specimens agree with typical 



Ediis carinatus. 



Genus ATHERIS Cope 



ATHERIS SQUAMIGER (Hallowell) 



Echis squamigera Hallowell, 1854, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., p. 193. 

 Atheris sqitamiger Botjlenger, 1896, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., vol. 3, p. 509. 



1 (U.S.N.M. 49006) Kenya Colony. (Heller) 1911-12. 



Mid-body scale rows, 21; ventrals, 158; anal single; subcaudais, 

 50; labials, 10. Total length, 547 (465 + 82) mm. 



Genus ATRACTASPIS Gunther 



ATRACTASPIS ROSTRATA Gunther 



Atradaspis rosirata Gunth-er, 1868, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 1, p. 429, 

 pi. 19, fig. 1.— Stejneger, 1893, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 16, p. 736.— 

 BouLENGER, 1896, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., vol. 3, p. 514. 



1 (U.S.N.M. 20127) Wange, Manda Id., K. C. (Denhardt) 1892. 



Mid-body scale rows, 23; ventrals, 212; anal single; subcaudals in 

 23 single rows; labials, 5, third and fourth entering the orbit. This 

 snake agrees perfectly with the description as given by Boulenger 

 except for the small number of ventrals, 212, as against the hitherto 

 recognized range of 227 to 276. 



Suborder Lacertilia 

 Family GEKKONIDAE 



Genus HEMIDACTYLUS Cuvier 



HEMIDACTYLUS MABOUIA (Moreau de Jonngs) 



Gecko mahouia Moreau de Jonnes, 1818, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, p. 138 (An- 

 tilles and adjacent mainland). 



Hemidadylus mahouia Boulenger, 1885, Cat. Lizards Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 122. — 

 Stejneger, 1893, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 16, p. 714. — Schmidt, 1919, 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 39, p. 442. 



2 (U.S.N.M. 16748, 16750) Mt. Kilimanjaro, T. T. (Abbott) 1888-89. 

 1 (U.S.N.M. 20087) Tana River, K. C. (Chanler) 1892. 



1 (U.S.N.M. 22090) Jombeni Range, K. C. (Chanler) 1892. 



1 (U.S.N.M. 48563) Mtoto Andei, K. C. (Heller) 1911. 



2 (U.S.N.M. 49090-1) Mariakani, K. C. (Heller) 1911. 



6 (U.S.N.M. 49299-304) ? Mt. Sagalla, K. C. (Heller) 1911. 

 1 (U.S.N.M. 49396) Mt. Mbololo, K. C. (Heller) 1911. 

 1 (U.S.N.M. 62820) Morogoro, T. T. (Loveridge) 1916. 

 1 (U.S.N.M. 63360) Zanzibar. (Raven) 1920. 

 1 (U.S.N.M. 03473) Mombasa, K. C. (Raven) 1920. 



