LIST OF REPTILES 



COLLECTED BY CAPT. G. FERRARI AT JUMBO, LOWER JUBA 



BY G. A. BOULENGER, F. R. S. 



1. Holodactylus africanus, Bttgr. 



2. Agamodon anguliceps, Peters. 



3. Lygosoma sphenopiforme, sp. n. 



Lygosoma sphenopifoi^me. 



Section Lygosoma. Body much elongate, flattened beneath, 

 the sides of the belly obtusely angulate ; the distance between 

 the end of the snout and the lore limb is contained three times 

 in the distance between axilla and groin. Lower eyelid scaly. 

 Snout short, much depressed, subcuneiform , rounded, projecting 

 a little beyond the mouth; no canthus rostralis; nostril pierced 

 between two nasals, the lower small, the upper large and for- 

 ming a suture with its fellow behind the rostral; frontonasal 

 nearly twice as broad as long, forming a very broad suture with 

 the frontal; no praefrontals ; frontal broader than the supraocular 

 region, longer than the frontoparietal and interparietals together, 

 in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; six supraci- 

 liaries; frontoparietals and interparietals distinct, subequal, the 

 former forming a very short median suture; parietals forming a 

 rather long suture behind the interparietal; a pair of very broad 

 nuchals; fourth and fifth labials below the eye, fourth largest. 

 Ear-opening very small, partly hidden under the scales. 22 subequal 



