590 MR. E. C. CHUBB ON BATRACHIANS [May 11, 



wlutisli fawn on the throat and limbs, and the speckling as fully 

 marked on the neck and flanks as on the back. JSFo white on the 

 chin ; but the whole of the under-pavts dirty white, instead of 

 merely the abdomen. Dark dorsal line stopping short about the 

 middle of the back. 



For the present, at any rate, I propose to i^egard the Sze-chuen 

 "white" deer as a i-ace of the Hangul, under the title of Cervus 

 cashmirianus 7nacneiUi. The occurrence in Sze-chvien of a repre- 

 sentative of the Hangul is paralleled by the occurrence in the 

 same province of a local race of the Sambar. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXIX. 



Cervus caihmivianus macneilli, from tlie type female from Sze-cliuen in the 

 British Museum (Natural Historj'). 



5, The Bcitrachians and Reptiles of Matabeleland. 

 By E. C. Chubb, F.Z.S. 



[Received April 28, 1909.] 



The following list is based entirely upon material in the 

 Khodesia Museum, Bulawayo, and is intended to give some idea 

 of the Batra,chia and Reptilia inhabiting this region, although it 

 cannot claim to be more than tentative, for as soon as extensive 

 collections are made in various parts of the covmtry there will, no 

 doubt, be many species to add. 



The localities vary in altitude between 2000 and 4500 feet ; 

 the latter figure representing the height of Bulawayo. 



In a previous papei- dealing with the Mammals of this area* 

 an allusion was made to the probability of the various geological 

 formations supporting distinct faunas, and this appears to be 

 boi'ne out to a remarkable extent by the lizards, no single species 

 of which has as yet been found common to our two iDrincipal 

 local formations, viz., granite and schist. Below is given a list 

 of those forms which I have had an opportunity of observing in 

 their haunts ; it is arranged to show their habitats according to 

 these two formations. 



Granite. Schist. 



Ilom opholis loahlhergii. 



Pachydactylus affinis. Pachydactylas hibronii. 



Agama kirkii. Agama clistanti. 



,, atricollis. 

 Platysaurus guttatus. 



Gerrhosaurits validus. Gerrhosaur^tsjiavigularis. 



JIabuia quinquetceniata. iMahuia striata. 

 ,, varia. 



* P. Z. S. 1909, p. 113. 



