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side from the nostril to halfway down the side of the body, passing 

 through the eye and tympanum, and widening behind ; this band 

 followed by a large black inguinal spot ; dark symmetrical markings 

 on the limbs, those on the front and back of the thighs black, edged 

 with white ; lower surfaces spotted or marbled with white. Male 

 with internal vocal sacs. 



From snout to vent 37 millhn. 



Several specimens from the Benito River (67. L. Bates). 



REPTILIA. 

 CHELOjSIA. 



PeLOMEDUSID.E. 



1. Sternotelerus gabonensis A. Dam. 

 Hab. Gaboon ; Angola. 



2. Sternothjerus derbianus Gray. 

 Hub. Cape Verde to Angola. 



Testudinid^e. 



3. Clnixys erosa Schweigg. 

 Hob. Gold Coast to Gaboon. 



4. ClNIXYS HOMEANA Bell. 



Hub. Cape Verde to Gaboon. 



Trionychid.e. 



5. Trionyx triunguis Eorsk. 

 Bab. Tropical Africa, Nile, Syria. 



6. Cycloderma aubryi A. Dam. 

 Hab. Gaboon. 



EMYDOSAURIA. 



Crocodilid.e. 



7. Crocodiles cataphracxus Cuv. 

 Hub. Senegal to Congo. 



8. Crocodiles niloticus Laur. 



Hab. Nile and Senegal to Cape of Good Hope ; Madagascar ; 

 Syria. 



9. OSTEOL.EMUS TETRASPIS Cope. 



Hab. Sierra Leone to Gaboon. 



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