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The species enumerated in the following list were obtained 

 at Lado, at Monbuttu, and Semmio (district of the head- 

 waters of the Congo), at the great Central-African lakes 

 southwards to Lake Nyassa, at the foot of Kilima-ndjaro, in 

 tlie Mpwapwa Mountains, and on the highland of Ugogo. 

 In separate columns an asterisk (*) indicates the occurrence 

 of a species in the littoral areas of tropical West and East 

 Africa. 



List of the Species oj" Snakes known to inhabit Districts of 

 Central Africa f. 



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t A few species which I have not seen and about the determination of 

 which I entertain doubts are omitted from this list. The principal con- 

 tributions to our knowledge of this part of the Centi*al- African fauna aa'9 

 the two following : — 



1884. Fischer, J. G. "Ueber die von Hrn. Dr. G. A. Fischer im 

 Massai-Gebiete .... gesammelten Reptilien, Amphibien, und 

 Fische." JB. Hamb. wiss. Anst. i. pp, 3-32, pis. i. & ii. 

 1886. Dollo, L. " Note sur les Reptiles et Batraciens recueillis par 

 M. le Capitaine Storms dans la region dii Tanganyika." Bull. Mus. 

 Belg. iv. p. 151. 

 J This snake shows such a remarkable agreement in many points with 

 the followinQc that a direct comparison of the typical specimens would be 

 very desirable. 



§ Not seen by myself. 



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