464 CHAM^LEONTID^. 



29. Chamseleon minor. 



Chamfeleon minor, Gimth. Ann. l^- Mag. N. II. (5) iv. 1879, p. 246, 

 pi. xiii. 



Casque broad and rounded or obtusely angular, and not much 

 elevated posteriorly ; a distinct though feeble parietal crest ; the 

 distance between the commissure of the mouth and the extremity of 

 the casque equals or is a little less than the length of the mouth ; 

 lateral crest tubercular, surrounding the casque posteriojly ; male 

 with two long comjiressed rostral processes covered with scales, more 

 or less distinctly divci'ging ; no trace whatever of occipital lobes. 

 Body uniformly granular ; a scries of isolated long pointed tubercles 

 on the median line of the anterior part of the back ; no gular nor 

 ventral crest. Tail considerably longer than head and body. A 

 white band from cliin to vent ; female with a white streak along the 

 hinder side of the hind limb, continued a short distance on each side 

 of the tail. 



A- 5- 



millim. millim. 



Total length 202 136 



From end of snout to extremity of 



mandible 21 14 



From end of snout to extremity of 



casque 29 18 



Length of rostral processes 10*5 — 



Greatest width between lateral cranial 



crests 15 9 



Depth of skull (mandible included) . . 20 12 



Width of head 16 10 



Body 66 50 



Tibia 16 10 



Tail 115 72 



Madagascar. 



a-d. S 2 • Fianarantsoa, Betsileo. Rev. G. A. Shaw [C.I. 



(Types.) 



30. Chamseleon furcifer. 



Chamseleo furcifer, Vaillant Sf Grandid. Bull. Sue. Pkilom. (7) iv. 

 1880, p. 148. 



Casque very low, almost continuous with the dorsal crest ; no oc- 

 cipital lobes ; a bony rostral process, simple at the base (four sevenths 

 of the total length), flat above, channelled interiorly, ending in a fork; 

 this appendage covered with granular tubercles and slightly turned 

 upwards ; the lateral crest extends to the extremity of the furcate 

 rostral process. Skin finely and uniformly granulate ; a dorsal crest 

 of conical tubercles. No gular nor ventral crest. Tail slightly 

 longer than head and body. 



Total length 150 millim. 



Eastern coast of Madagascar. 



