OF BRITISU TERRITOlllES IN BAST AFRICA. 861 



8. IjYgosoma xuomasi Torn. 



Torn. Zool. Jalub. Syst. xix. p. 175, 1903. 

 Kenya Colony. 



i). JjVaosoMA ALOYSii-SAHAKDi/K Pei'acca, 



Peiac. Jioll. Mus. Zool. Tor. xxii. (no. 553), 1907. 

 Uganda. 



10. Lygosoma graueri (juinquediqitata Sternf. 



Steinf. Ergebn. Deut.-Zential-AfrikaExp. 1907-08. iv. (Z. 2) 



p. 241, fig. 3 6, 1913. 

 Tanganyika Territory (?). 



11. Lygosoma graueri quatxuordigitata Sternf. 



Sternf. Ergebn. Deut.-Zentral-Afrika Exp. 1907-08, iv. 



(Z. 2) p. 242, fig. 3 rt, 1913. 

 Tanganyika Territoiy. 



12. Lygosoma meleagris Blgr. 



BIgr. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xix. p. 488, 1907. 

 Uganda. 



13. Lygosoma blochmanni Torn. 



Torn. Zool. Jahrb. Syst. xix. p. 173, 1903. 

 Tangfuiyika Territory. 



3. AnLEniAuus. 



Fit/. Verb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. i. p. 297, 1824; Blgr. Cat. Liz. 

 iii. p. 344. 



Synojjsis of the Species. 

 I. Frontopnrictiil nnd interparietal united into a single shield. 



26, r.irely 2t or 28 scales round mid-bodj^ houtonii. 



22 or 24, rare!}' 20 scales round niid-body houtonii var. 



Hi Frontoparietal single, interparietal distinct. [peromi. 



24 scales round mid-body ; tail as long as head and body . tvahlberffii, 

 20 scales round mid-body; tail nearly three times the 



length of head and body megalurus. 



1. Ablepharus boutonii Desj. 

 Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 346. 

 Tanganyika Territory ; Zanzibar. 



2. Ablepharus boutonii, var. peronii Coct. 

 Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 347. 



Kenya Colony; Tanganyika Territory. 



