EAST AFRICAN LIZARDS. 157 



Lygosoma fekrandii (Blgr.). 



Blgr. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) xviii. 1898, p. 718. 



Seven specimens in all ; six of these from Longido West have 

 been examined by Mr. Boulenger and referred to this species. 

 The measurements are as follows, though almost all the speci- 

 mens have reproduced tails : — 



Dodoma. Female 91-36 mm. Longido. Male 56'46 mm. 



Longido. Male 90-40 mm. ,, ,, 53-50 mm. 



„ ,, 62-62 mm. ,, ,, 43-37 mm. 



,, ,, 59-59 mm. 



The 118 mm. specimen was caught under rather unusual 

 conditions. After a night of heavy rain I was summoned at 

 6 A.M. to the tent of one of the sergeants to see a small snake 

 {Lycophidiuvi jacksoni) labouring to swallow this Skink. It was 

 the only snake of this species captured. Another man told me 

 that he had killed a snake with tiny legs in his blankets ; on the 

 battered remains being produced it proved to be this species. 

 The other specimens were all obtained under stories. These 

 Longido specimens are of a uniform nut-brown colour above, 

 creamy or yellowish beneath. 



Ablepharus boutoni var. peeonii (Coct.). 

 Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. 1887, p. 347. 



Seventy-one specimens collected at Mombasa, Dar-es-Salaam, 

 and Lumbo. This little lizai-d has adopted a marine life ; it is a 

 remarkable sight to see it running over the rocks, which a 

 moment before were washed by waves ; for company it has the 

 peculiar fish P erioplithahnus and crabs of many species. It flies 

 before the incoming Avave and presumablj^ manages to avoid a 

 "wetting. It seeks refuge when pursued in the many crevices of 

 the rock. It is extremely agile and difficult to capture. 



Measurements of the largest specimens from each locality : — 

 Mombasa. Male 3 inches (42-35 mm.). Tail regenerated. 



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 Dar- es-Salaa m . 



1) 

 Lumbo. Male 4| ,, (48-62 mm.). Tail regenerated. 



Female 3| „ (50-46 mm.). „ " „ 



Coloration very variable. Some Lumbo specimens, both young 

 and old, almost black, but underlying markings usually dis- 

 tinguishable on close examination. Greenish or olive-bronze ; 

 two light lateral (almost dorsal) stripes start at nostril. Uppier 

 surface of tail marked with white dots in lines ; these were absent 

 on regenerated tails. The Dar-es-Salaam specimens wei'e much 

 more brown or coppery, and with the markings more distinct 

 than in the Lumbo specimens. 



Five females collected at Dar-es-Salaam (ll.iv. 18) had each 



