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7. Pachydactylus bibronii a. Smith. 



a. Bulawayo. 



h. Springvale Farm, 16 miles S.E. of Bulawayo, 10 June 1907. 

 This is our commonest gecko ; it is usually found in houses 

 and huts. 



" Amacanda-pobolo." 



8. Pachydactylus affixls Blgr. 



a. Rhodes' Park, Matopos, April 1908. 



9. Agama aculeata Merr. 

 a. Bulawayo, March 1907. 



All our species of Agama possess the property, to a greater or 

 less extent, of changing their colour. 



10. Agama distanti Blgr. 



This is the commonest Agama at Bulawayo. It runs about the 

 ground during the heat of the day, and at other times lives in 

 holes, usually under stones, where its eggs are laid during 

 October and November. 



11. Agama kirkii Blgr. 



a,h{S, ? ). Mt. Silozi, Matopos, April 1908. 



G-e. Khami River, Oct. 1907. 



Lives among the rocks and is commonly found on granite kopjes. 



12. Agama atricollis A. Smith. 

 a-f. Bulawayo, Sept. 1907. 

 Arboreal and common. 



* " Untulo." - 



13. ZoNURUS cordylus Linn. 

 a. Bulawayo, 27 Sept. 1907. 



14. Platysaurus guttatus a. Smith. 



a-g ( c? , 6 $ ). Mt. Silozi, Matopos, April 1908. 



h, i (2 $ ). Colleen Bawn Mine, Gwanda, Dec. 1908. 



Found only on the granite kopjes where it is fairly common. 



15. Varanus albtgularis Daud. 

 a. Bulawayo, 3 Feb. 1908. 



h. Bulawayo, March 1909. 



Found among rocks on granite kopjes and also on trees. 



" Imbulu." 



16. Yaranus niloticus Linn. 



a. Bulawayo, April 1907. 



b. Yg. Bulawayo, 8 March, 1908. 

 Almost entirely aquatic. 



" Uxamu." 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1909, ZSTo. XLI. 41 



