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taeniatus) but is quite correctly employed for the lizard, said Salimu. 

 They call Oerrhosaurus major by a different name — namely, " guguru." 

 Seen at Saranda and Mukwese, but none were collected. 



MABUYA PLANIFBONS (Peters) 



A skink, which I believe to belong to this species, was seen on tree 

 trunks in the maiombo bush at Saranda on several occasions. They 

 were by no means common and, as they retreated into holes in the 

 tree trunks, I was unable to obtain any. 



MABUYA QUINQUETAENIATA (Lichtenstein) 



FIVE-LINED SKINK 



MABUYA VARIA VARIA (Peters) 



VARIEGATED SKINK 



MABUYA STRIATA (Peters) 

 STRIPED SKINK 



All three species occur at Dodoma, the two former on the rocky 

 kopjes, the latter ubiquitous but chiefly seen about huts and houses. 

 Besides Dodoma, both the latter were seen at Nzingi, Bahi, Saranda, 

 Manyoni, and Mukwese. At Nzingi, hearing a noise among some 

 bowlders, I approached quietly to find a variegated skink hammer- 

 ing a large grasshopper on the ground. 



LYGOSOMA FERRANDU Boulenger 



FERRANDI'S SKINK 



Two from Dodoma and one (alive) from Mukwese, all taken beneath 

 logs. 



The anterior nasal is fused with the supranasal, with the result 

 that the nostril is between two instead of three shields. In the skink 

 taken in June the frontal is in contact with the first supraocular on 

 the left side only; in the male taken June 30 it is in contact with 

 the first three supraoculars on the right side only, where there are 

 five supraoculars. The fourth upper labial is longest and the fifth 

 deepest. No dorsal spots or lateral lines. The total length of the 

 male is 130 (71+59) mm. 



CHAMAELEO DILEPIS DILEPIS Leach 

 COMMON EAST AFRICAN CHAMELEON 



Native names. — Luivu (Chigogo) ; Ngasi (Wambu) ; Ngasi (Wa- 

 kimbu); Kinyonga (Kiswahili). 



From Dodoma, Manyoni, Mukwese, and Kondoa Irangi. 



About 70 chameleons in all were received. One would scarcely 

 expect such reptiles to be common at Dodoma, and yet nearly 40 

 were brought in during the first six weeks. 



