358 LacerfklT. 



Saudy grey above, with blackish reticulation ; hnver parts white. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent . . .47 



fore limb . . 19 



Length of liead . . . . .14 



Width of head 9 



Fore limb 20 



Hind limb ...... 4/" 



Habitat. — Coast of Benguella, Damaralaud, Hereroland. A speci- 

 men from Little Namaqualand is preserved in the South African 

 Museum. 



The above notes are taken from two sj)ecimens in the Berlin 

 Museum : the type of E. serripes, from Damaralaud, and one of tlie 

 t_ypes of S. reticulata, from Benguella. 



4. SCAPTIEA CTENODACTYLA. 



Lacerta ctenodadyliis, A. Saiith, Mag. N. H. (2) ii, 1838, p. 93. 



AcantJiodactylus caj'ensis, A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Eept. pi. 

 sxxi.x (1845) ; Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 37 (1845) ; A. Dum. Cat. Meth. 

 Eept. p. 127 (1851); Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 61; Bouleng. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 744. 



Sca2)teira denodactyla, Boideng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 115 (1887). 



Head and body much depressed. Head IJ to \h times as long as 

 broad, its depth equal to the distance between the centre or the 

 anterior corner of the eye and the tympanum, its length 3^ to 3 J 

 times in length to vent ; snout much flattened, obtusely pointed, with 

 the nasals flat or ver_y feebly swollen and projecting angular labial 

 margin, about H times as long as the postocular pai't of the head; 

 canthus rostralis sharp, loreal region very concave. Ear-opening 

 partly concealed under an oblique dermal fold. Pileus 2 to 2J times 

 as long as broad. Neck as broad as the head or a little nai-rower. 

 Hind limb reaching the eye or between the ear and the eye in males, 

 the ear or between the ear and the eye in females; foot IJ to IJ times 

 as long as the head ; fingers cylindrical, toes slender, compressed. Tail 

 li to \~ times as long as head and body, much flattened at the base. 



Tipper head-shields flat, smooth ; nasals forming a short suture 

 behind the rostral or very narrowly separated from each other ; 

 frontonasal broader than long ; prefoutals longer than broad, forming 

 an extensive median suture; frontal as long as its distance from the 

 nasals, 2 to 2^ times as long as broad, narrow behind, feebly grooved 

 in front, with a series of 2 to 4 small shields, i-arely a single shield. 



