19. AGAMA. 



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tibia as long as the skull (to occiput) ; third finger very slightly- 

 shorter than fourth ; fourth toe slightly longer than third, fifth 

 extending beyond first. Tail nearly twice as long as the distance 

 from gular fold to vent, roundish in the female, strongly compressed 

 ailfl crested in the male, covered with equal strongly keeled scales 

 forming more or less distinct annuli. Male with a row of anal 

 pores. Olive-brown above, spotted or speckled with black, some- 

 times nearly black ; a lighter, yellowish-brown vertebral band ; 

 lower surfaces with more or less distinct dark network or lines, 

 blackish blue in the breeding male. 



Total length 203 millim. 



Head 20 „ 



Width of head 18 „ 



Body 66 „ 



Fore limb 43 „ 



Hind limb 60 „ 



Tail 117 „ 



South Africa. 



a, b. Ad., stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. 



c, d-e. c? 5 • Cape of Good Hope. 



/. c? . Cape of Good Hope. J. Ford, Esq. [P.]. 



ff. c?. Cape Recife. A. E. Craven, Esq. [P.]. 



h. 2 . Port Elizabeth. 



i. S • S. Africa. Haslar Collection. 



k. 2- S. Africa. 



l-m, n, 0. Hgr. & yg. S. Africa. 



p. Skeleton. S. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



q. Skeleton. Cape of Good Hope. 



21. Agama mossambica. 



Agama mossambica, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1854, p. 616, and Reise n. 



Mossamb. iii. p. 38, pi. vii. fig. 1 ; Fischer, Jahresb. Naturh. Mus. 



Hamb. f. 1883, p. 21, pi. ii. fig. 6. 

 cariniventris, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 169, 



Head moderate, convex. Nostril tubular, directed upwards and 

 backwards, pierced in the posterior part of a small nasal on the can- 

 thus rostralis. Upper head-scales feebly keeled ; occipital enlarged ; 

 sides of head near the ear, and neck with groups of short spines ; 

 ear-opening large, entirely exposed, much larger than the eye- 

 opening : no regular gular pouch. Body moderately depressed, 

 covered above with rhomboidal, mucronate, imbricate scales with 

 strong keels converging towards the vertebral line ; a slight nuchal 

 and dorsal crest ; ventral scales keeled ; seventy-seven to eighty-one 

 scales round the middle of the body. Limbs moderate ; tibia as long 

 as the skull (to occiput) ; third and fourth fingers equal, or fourth 

 very slightly longer ; fourth toe slightly longer than third, fifth ex- 

 tending beyond first. Tail twice to twice and a half as long as the 

 distance from gular fold to vent, slightly compressed, covered with 



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