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Synojjsis of the Species. 



1. Transverse serios of ventral plates with notches between the 



plates ; collar serrated ; a single postnasal (exceptionallv 2) ; 



femoral pores 7 to 10 ' vauereselli. 



II. Transverse series of ventral plates with rectilinear or nearly 



rectilinear border, longitudinal series 6 or 8 in number ; 



femoral pores 12 to 31 ; 22 to 26 lamellnj under fourth toe . jacksoni. 



Parietnls iisiially not in contact (or very narrowly) with 



M|)pnr i)ostocular ; temple covered with small scales, as 



large as or smaller than dorsals j. jacksoni. 



Pnrietals more extensively in contact with upper post- 

 ocnlar; temple scales larger than dorsals j. kibonoiensis. 



1. Lacerta vAUERESELLi Torn. 

 Torn. Zool. Anz. xxv, p. 701, 1902. 

 Tanganyika Territory. 



2 , Lacerta jacksoni Blgr. 



Blgr. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 96, pi. x. 

 Uganda ; Kenya Colony. 



2a. Lacerta jacksoni, var. kibonotensis Lcinnb. 



Lonnb. Sjostedt, Kiliin.-Meru Exped., Rept. Batr. p. 5, 1907, 

 Tanganyika Territory. 



3. Algiroides. 



Bibron, in Boiy de St. Vine. Expdd. Sc. Moree, Rept. p. 07 ; 

 lilgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 4t}. 



Syno2^sis of the SjJecies. 



I. A scries of granules between the supraoculars and the supraciliaries ; dorsal 

 scales strongly keeled. 



18 to 24 scales across middle of body ; 12 to 17 femoral pores 

 on each side; 17 to 19 lamellar scales under the fourth toe; 

 hind limb reaching collar or ear-opening africanus. 



33 scales across middle of body ; 9 femoral pores on each side ; 

 2l lamellar scales under the fourth toe ; hind limb barely 

 reaches shoulder houlengeri 



II. Supraoculars in contact with the supraciliaries; dorsal scales 



feebly keeled ; the laterals and anterior dorsals entirely smooth, alleni. 



L Algiroides africanus Blgr. 



Blgr. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1906, ii. p, 570. 

 Uganda. 



2. Algiroides boulengeri Peracca. 

 Perac. Atti Ace. Torin. Hi. p. 531, 1917. 

 Uganda. - 



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