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side from the nostril to halfway down the side of the body, passing 

 through the eye and tympanum, and widening behind ; this band 

 followed by a large black inguinal spot ; dark symmetrical markings 

 on the limbs, those on the front and back of the thighs black, edged 

 with white ; lower surfaces spotted or marbled with white. Male 

 with internal vocal sacs. 



From snout to vent 37 millim. 



Several specimens from the Benito River ((?. L. Bates). 



REPTILIA. 

 CHELONIA. 



PeLOJIEDUSIDjE. 



1. Sternoth.ee cs gabonensis A. Dum. 

 Hah. Gaboon ; Angola. 



2. STEENOTH.EEUS DERBIANUS Gray. 



Hah. Cape Verde to Angola. 



Testcdinid^e. 



3. Cinixts eeosa Schweigg. 

 Hah. Gold Coast to Gaboou. 



4. CiNIXTS HOMEANA Bell. 



Hah. Cape Verde to Gaboon. 



TbIONYCHIDjE. 



5. Tbiontx tbiunguis Forsk. 

 Hah. Tropical Africa, Nile, Syria. 



6. Cvclodebjia atjbeti A. Dum. 

 Hah. Gaboon. 



EMYDOSAURIA. 



Crocodilid.e. 



7. Cbocodilus catapheactus Cuv. 

 Hah. Senegal to Congo. 



8. Ceocodiltjs niloticus Laur. 



Hah. Nile and Senegal to Cape of Good Hope ; Madagascar ; 

 Syria. 



9. OsteoEjEMes tetraspis Cope. 



Hah. Sierra Leone to Gaboon. 



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