22 NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



Ndawumlo-gali (nda- 

 wundo-gali) 



a puflf-adder in appearance. 

 (From description.) 



Small bluish-green snake, barks 

 like a little frog. {Gldorophis 

 heterolepidofus.) Also query 

 any green snake. 

 Ndovo-pole (ndovo-pole) Lit. Toad-swallower. A thickish 



snake up to 2 feet. Slightly 

 poisonous. Brownish - grey 

 with black marks. {Causus 

 rliomheafus.) 

 thin faintly-striped brownish 

 snake up to 3 feet. Identified 

 as Boodon lineahis and Ghloro- 

 jiliis irregiolaris. Lit. " Fallow- 

 farm Kuli." 



Python or other constrictors. 



A snake of dark colour, like Gurui. 

 Poisonous. (From description.) 



LH. Water- Gurui. Water -cobra, 

 like Gurui. 



Puff-adder. Applied to both Bitis 

 nasirornis and Bitu gabonica. 



Njijpo-guli (njnpo-guli) A 



Ndili (ndili) . . . 

 Ngu-volo (ngu-voloi) 



Nja-wuru (nja-wurui) 



Tu})u (tupui) . 



Kogo-nje (kogo-njei) 



Kolo (koli) 

 Kpeni (kpeni) 



Ndainba (ndambe) . 

 Ndokulo (ndokuli, or 



ndokui) 

 Njaka (njake) . . . 



Lizards, Arc. 



Lit. Mother of ants. The slow- 

 worm. Said to have a head 

 at each end, owing prob:ibly to 

 both ends being the same shape. 



A lizard, female of Njake, greenish. 



Flat-bodied, striped and speckled 

 lizard. Natives always kill 

 them, saying they are poison- 

 ous. (? Lygomma fernandi .) 



Crocodile of any species. 



Chameleon. Eggs white. {Chame- 

 leon ttp.). 



Red-headed lizard. Njake is said 

 to be the male and Koli the 

 female. {.Agama cnlonorum.) 



