230 EEPTILES PROM TRANSVAAL. 



Cunene-river , shows the same peculiar coloration , viz. the 

 pink T-shaped figure mottled with black on the head and 

 the blackish line from the eye to the penultimate upper- 

 labial. This specimen also has three postoculars. Our Trans- 

 vaal specimen shows a peculiarity in the form of the su- 

 prauasals, these shields being so much reverted as to touch 

 the upperlabials ; but our specimen from the Cunene-river 

 misses this peculiarity and has quite normally formed su- 

 pranasals. In the Transvaal specimen there are two frenal- 

 shields on the left, only one on the right side. I think 

 this peculiar form must be regarded as a local Southern 

 variety of D. Kirtlandi, as all our specimens from the 

 Gold-coast, as well as those from Liberia, lack this peculiar co- 

 loration, and agree with one another in having the upper sur- 

 face of the head of a uniform greenish colour and in missing 

 the blackish line from the eye to the penultimate upperlabial. 

 16. Leptodeira rufescens Gmelin. 



Three specimens. 

 *'17. Telescopus semiannulatus Sundeval. 



Three specimens. 

 *18. A^aja nigricollis Reinhardt. 



One single badly preserved specimen. 

 19. Causus rhombeatus Licht. 



One young specimen. 



Batmchia. 



*20. Cheromantis Petersi Blgr. 



Three specimens, with the outer fingers one third webbed, 

 but without a dark brown stripe on the temporal region. 

 *21. Phrynomantis hifasciata Smith. 



One specimen belonging to Boulenger's variety A. 

 *22. Breviceps mossambicus Ptrs. 



One specimen. 

 23. Bufo regularis Reuss. 



Two specimens. 



Ley den Museum, February 1895. 



Notes from the Leyden JMuseum, Vol. XVI. 



