Acanihoilacfi/liis. 



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Adult brown or reddish brown above, with tJ lii^ht longitudinal 

 streaks, and series of black spots between them ; limljs with light spots. 



Young black above with six sharply defined white longitudinal 

 streaks on the neck and bodv and round white spots on the limbs ; 

 tail reddish. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent 

 ,, ,, ,, fore limb 



Length of head 

 Width of head 

 Depth of head 

 Fore limb 

 Hind limb 

 Foot . 

 Tail 



Particularf: of SpcciDieiis Kxani'uied, all Types. 



S P.M. 



9 



„ P.M. 



Hgr. „ 



Habitat. — Dahomey. — Types in the Paris Museum. 



This species, the southernmost of the genus, is evidently derived 

 from A. vulgaris, from which it differs, as well as from the other 

 members of the genus, in the complete or nearly complete disintegra- 

 tion of the second supraocular, and in the reduced number of femoral 

 pores. 



4. ACANTHODACTYLUS SAVTGNYI. 



Lacerta gaviyiiiji, And. Descr. Egypte, Kept., Sujjpl. p. 172, pi. i, 

 tig. 8 (1829) ; M.-Edw. Ann. Sc. Nat. xvi, 1829, jap. 73, 85; 



Acaiithodactijlns vuhjari^, var. B., part., A. Dum. Cat. Mt'th. Eept. 

 p. 126 (1851). 



Acanthodadylus savijnyi. part., Vaill. Miss. Revoil Pays Comal., 

 Eept. p. 19 (1882). 



Acanthodaclyliis vaillaati, Lataste, Ann. Mus. Genova (2) ii, 1885, 

 p. 509. 



