THE ANiVALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[SEVENTH SERIES.] 

 No. 92. AUGUST 1005. 



X. — A List of the Bairachians and Reptiles collected hif 

 Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Angola, loith Descriptions of mw 

 Species. By G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S. 



[Plate IV.] 



The collection made in 1903-1905 by Dr. Ansorge has 

 considerably added to our knowledge of the Batrachians and 

 Reptiles of Angola, the study of which has been pursued for 

 so many years by Professor Barboza du Bocage. Travelling 

 under somewhat unfavourable conditions for the preservation 

 of specimens in spirit, Dr. Ansorge has been so fortunate as 

 to discover as many as four new species. As a contribution 

 to the knowledge of the exact distribution, a full list of the 

 species represented in the collection is here given. 



Dr. Ansorge has supplied me with tlie following notes on 

 some of the localities visited by him : — 



Amhaca. — A station of tiie Loanda to Lucalla railway. Was 

 visited by Livingstone in 1854, and is mentioned by 

 him. Is now a very insignificant place, consisting of 

 some official quarters and half a dozen small shops. 

 April-lVIay 1903. 



Bange Ngola. — The Portuguese were erecting a fort here 

 when I visited it (end of 1903). It is named, as usual 

 with African natives, after the important chief who lives 

 here. In maps the whole of this north-eastern part of 

 the Loanda province is called the " Jinga country,'' 

 Ann. dc Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. xvi. 8 



