(528 MR. <J. A. BOULENGER ON THE 



4. DiPSADOMORPllUS. 



Fitzing. in Tschuili, Faun. Per., Herp. p. '55 ; Bouleng. Cat, 

 Sn. iii. p. 59, 



1. DiPSADOMORPHUS BLANDINGII. 



JJipsas Ucmdingii Hallow. Proc. Ac.Philad. 1844, p. 170. 



JJipsadomorphus blandingii Bouleng. t. c. p. 77. 



Bi-itish East Africa ; West Africa, from Seneganibia to Congo', 



5. Leptodira. 

 CUinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 165; Bouleng. Cat. Sn. iii. p. 88. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Veiitrals less than 200; subcaudals less than 60 ; 3 to 5 pairs of chin-shields. 



One praiocular (rarely divided), separated from the frontal ; f-r«H4al 'J:^M^^ 

 considerably broader than deep ; loreal not or but little longer 



than deep i- liotambceia . 



One pra30cular, separated from the frontal ; rostral little broader 



than deep ; loreal longer than deep L- degeni. 



Two prseoculars, upper in contact with the frontal L. tornieri. 



II. Ventrals more than 200; subcaudals 100 or more; two pairs 



of chin-shields i- loerneri. 



1. Leptodira hotambceia. 



(Joronella hotamhceia Laur. Syn. Kept. p. 85. 

 Leptodira hotamboeia Bouleng. t. c. p. 89. 

 Tropical and South Africa. 



2. Leptodira degeni Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1906,ii.p.572,fig, 

 Leptodira attarensis Werner, Sitzb. Ak, Wien, cxvi, 1907, 



p. 1875. 

 Uganda. 



3. Leptodira tornieri Werner, t. c. p. 1876. 

 Usambara, German East Africa. 



4. Leptodira werneri Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xix, 

 1897, p. 281. 



Dipsadomorphus reticalat^ts Werner, Jahresli. Nat. Yer. Wiirt- 

 temb. Ixv. 1909, p. 55. 



Usambara, German East Africa, 



6. Cham.etortus, 

 Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 310 ; Bouleng, Cat. Sn. iii. p. 98. 



1. Cham^etortus aulicus G until. 1. c. lA. xxvi. fig. 2; 

 Bouleng. 1. c. 



German and Portuguese East Africa, Transvaal. 



