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CHAMAELEON FISCHERI EXCUBITOR (Barbour) 



Chamaeleo tenuis excubitor Barbour, 1911, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 24, 



p. 219 (Meru district, north of Mt. Kenya, Kenya Colony). 

 Chamaeleon affinis embuensis Lonnberg, 1911, Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Hand!., 



vol. 47, p. 19 (Mt. Kenya forest, on eastern slope, one day's march from 



Embu, Kenya Colony), pi. 1, fig. 3. 

 Chamaeleo fischeri excubitor Barbour and Loveridge, 1928, Mem. Mus. Comp. 



Zool., vol. 50, p. 176. 



In studying Lonnberg's plate of C. jacksoni my attention was 

 attracted by the third figure and its striking resemblance to the type 

 of C.j. excvhitor. On turning to the text 1 found that Lonnberg had 

 proposed a name for this specimen in the body of the text with the 

 residt that this name has successfully eluded inclusion in the Zoological 

 Record. On comparing the figure and Lonnberg's remarks with the 

 type of excubitor, in the collection of the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology, I find that without the slightest doubt they represent one 

 and the same species. Comparison was made with a true specimen 

 of Chamaeleo affinis from Ethiopia (Abyssinia), which is a very distinct 

 species. 



Fortunately no doubt can exist as to priority, for both papers are 

 dated, that containing the description of excubitor appearing on 

 October 31, 1911, while Lonnberg's paper did not appear till Novem- 

 ber 16, 1911. 



CHAMAELEON TAVETENSIS Steindachner 



Chamaeleon tavetensis Steindachner, 1891, Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 100, 



p. 310, pi. 1, figs. 3 and 3a. 

 Chamaeleo abbotti Stkjneger, 1891, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 14, p. 353, text fig. 



1 (U.S.N.M. 16744) Kilimanjaro, T. T. (Abbott) 1889. 



This specimen, the type of 0. abbotti, has not been examined. It 

 was described before Steindachner's paper on tavetensis reached the 

 National Museum library and lost priority by only a few months. 



Genus RHAMPHOLEON Giinther 



RHAMPHOLEON KERSTENII (Peters) 



Chamaeleo kerstenii Peters, 1868, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 449 



(Wanga near Mombasa, K. C). 

 Rhampholeon kerstenii Boulenger, 1887, Cat. Lizards Brit. Mus., vol. 3, p. 475 



(Rabai, K. C; Mpwapwa, T. T.). 



1 (U.S.N.M. 22084) Jombeni Range, K. C. (Chanler) 1892. 



A single specimen measuring 86 (49 + 37) mm. [After this paper 

 had been sent to press, Miss Cochran informed me that a second 

 example (U.S.N.M. 58850) Uganda (Hurter) had been located.] 

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