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Chamaeleon bitaeniatus var. hohneli Tornier, 1897, Kriechthiere Deutsch-Ost- 



Afrikas, Berlin, pp. 51, 55 (Leikipia; Mau); 1900, Zool. Jahrb. Syst., vol. 



13, p. 611 (Mt. Kenya). 

 Chamaeleon hitaerdatus var. leikipiensis Tornier, 1897, Kriechthiere Deutsch- 



Ost-Afrikas, Berlin, pp. 51, 55 (Leikipia; Marangu; Kifinika; Gurui). — 



Werner, 1902, Zool. Jahrb. Syst., pp. 345, 347 (same localities). 

 Chamaeleon bitaeniatus var. hoehneli Werner, 1902, Zool. Jahrb. Syst., pp. 346, 



347 (Mt. Kenya; Kibibi-Becken, Mau Mtns.; Leikipia; Mt. Elgon, Uganda). 

 Chamaeleon hoehneli Meek, 1910, Field Mus. Nat. Hi.st. Pub. 147, Zool. Series, 



vol. 7, p. 413 (Voi; Lukenj^a; Mt. Kenya; Kijabe; Molo). 

 Chamaeleon bitaeniatus hohneli Werner, 1911, Das Tierreich. Chamaeleon- 



tidae, p. 15 (British East Africa, about 2,500 meters). — Nieden, 1913, Mitt. 



Zool. Mus., BerUn, p. 93 (British East Africa). 

 Chamaeleon bitaeniatus hoehneli Lonnberg, 1911, Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. 



Handl., vol. 47, p. 19 (Mt. Kenya). 

 Chamaeleon bitaeniatus leikipiensis Werner, 1911, Das Tierreich. Chamaeleon- 



tidae, p. 15 (British East Africa, about 2,000 meters). — Nieden, 1913, 



Mitt. Zool. Mus., Berlin, p. 92 (Repeats localities). 

 Chamaeleon bitaeniatus bergeri Sternfeld, 1912, Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentralafr. 



Exp. 1907-08, vol. 4, p. 255, pi. 9, fig. 4 (Sirgoi); 1912, Sitzber. Ges. Naturf 



Freunde Berlin, p. 381, pi. 14, figs. 13-15.— Nieden, 1913, Mitt. Zool. Mus. 



Berlin, p. 93 (Cities type locality). 

 Chamaeleon hoehnelii Loveridge, 1920, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 163 (Kabete; 



Mt. Kenya, western slopes); 1923, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 967 (Kabete). 

 Chamaeleon bitaeniatus hohnelii Lonnberg, 1922, Arkiv for Zool., vol. 14, No. 12, 



p. 6 (Machakos; Londiani; Mt. Elgon). 

 Chamaeleon bitaeniatus hohneli Angel, 1925, Reptiles et Batraciens in Voyage 



de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912), Paris, p. 



28 (Mt. Kinangop; Mt. Kenya; Londiani; Molo). 



183 (U.S.N. M. 40256-85, 40355-85, 40526-85, 40606-65, 41969, 42018) 



Kenya Colony. (Sm. Afr. Exped.) 1909. 

 211 (U.S.N.M. 40286-304, 40325-54, 40386-525, 40586-605, 41535, 



41794-6, 41974) Wambugu, K. C. (Sm. Afr. Exped.) 1909. 

 20 (U.S.N.M. 40305-24) Fort Hall, K. C. (Sm. Afr. Exped.) 1909. 

 11 (U.S.N.M. 40666-73, 41355-7) Mt. Kenya to Fort Hall, mostly 



Kasorongai River, K. C. (Sm. Afr. Exped.) 1909. 

 1 (U.S.N.M. 40699), Meru, K. C. ((Sm. Afr. Exped.) 1909. 

 6 (U.S.N.M. 40700-2, 40972, 41677) Mt. Kenya, K. C. (Sm. Afr. 



Exped.) 1909. 



The foregoing bibliography gives most of the variations under 

 which references to this race occur. All the localities are in Kenya 

 Colony, excepting Kifinika and Gurui, in Tanganyika Territory, and 

 Werner's locality of Mount Elgon, Uganda, which implies that it has 

 been taken on the western side of the mountain. 



This is undoubtedly the finest series of the species existing in any 

 museum, and an examination of it should tend to dissuade those who 

 are inclined to propose racial names for single individuals which do 

 not agree in every particular with the original description. The 

 sooner that recognition is accorded to the fact that chameleons are 



