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9. Mabuia MEGALURA Peters. 

 Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 195. 

 Uganilfi ; Kenya Colony ; Tanganyika Territory. 



10. Mabuia bayonii Bocage. 

 -Blgr. Cat. Liz, iii. p. 201. 



Kenya Colony ; Tanganyika Territory. 



1 1 . Mabuia varia Peters. 



Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 202. 



M. isselii Peters in Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 201. 



M. hildehrandtii Peters in Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 207. 



Kenya Colony; Tanganyika Territory. 



12. Mabuia brauni Torn. 



Torn. Zool. Jahrb. Syst. xv. p. 585, 1901-02: 

 Tanganyika Territory. 



13. Mabuia obsti Wern. 



Wern. Mitt. Nat. Miis. Hanib. xxx. p. 43, 1913. 

 Tanganyika Territory. 



14. Mabuia striata Peters. 

 Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 204. 



Uganda ; Kenya Colony ; Tanganyika Territory : Zanzibar. 



15. Mabuia irregularis Lonnb. 



Lbnnb. Arkiv for Zoologi, Band 14, no. 12, 1922. 

 Kenya Colony. 



2. Lygosoma. 

 Mahuya, part., Fitzing. N. Classif. Kept. p. 23 ; Blgr. Oat, 

 Liz. iii. p. 209. 



Synoj)sis of the Species. 



I. Limbs well developed; the length of the hind limb exceeds the distance 

 between the centre of the eye and the fore limb. Tympanum distinct. No 

 supranasals. Kostral forming a suture with the frontonasal. One or more 

 pairs of enlarged nuchals. (Liolepisma D. & B.) 



Frontoparietals much larger than the interparietal ..i clatlirotis. 



Frontoparietals subcqual or smaller than the interparietal... kutuensis. 



II. Limbs short or rudimentary (except /erMawcf?)- Ear distinguishable. Supra- 

 nasals present (or the nasal partially divided longitudinally and forming a 

 suture with its fellow). Prsefrontalswell developed. (Biopa Graj-, p. 220.) 



A. Limbs pentadactyle. 



32 to 30 scales round the body ; scales feebly tri- or quin- 



quecurinat e fernandi. 



26 to 28 scales round the body ; smooth or feeblj" tri- or 

 quini(uccarinate : 4th toe equal to or a little longer than 



the 3rd sundevallii. 



26 scales round the body; smooth; 4th toe much longer 



than 3rd ferrandii. 



13. Limbs two-toed. Bodv elongate, serpentiform anchietm. 



