3. GASTROPHOLIS. - v4 
these there are two others, which terminate about halfway down 
the body; six rows of ventral shields. A large prwanal shield 
with two small ones externally. 11 to 13 femoral pores on each 
side. Upper and lower caudal scales strongly keeled. Head black 
above; sides bluish; body bronze, with metallic reflections; tail 
and limbs bronze above; lower surfaces greenish, mingled with 
yellow. 
From snout to vent 50 millim. 
Gaboon. 
3. GASTROPHOLIS. 
Gastropholis, Fischer, Abh, Naturw. Ver. Hamb. ix. 1886, p. —*. 
Head-shields normal. Nostril pierced between tie nasal and a 
postnasal. Lower eyelid scaly. Collar well marked. Dorsal 
scales juxtaposed; ventral shields imbricate, keeled. Digits sub- 
cylindrical, with smooth scales inferiorly. Femoral pores. Tail 
long, cylindrical. 
East Africa. 
1. Gastropholis vittata. 
Gastropholis vittata, Fischer, J.c. pl. i. fig. 1. 
Head rather strongly depressed; snout obtusely acuminate. 
Frontal not longer than frontoparietals; three large supraoculars, 
third smallest, first separated from the loreal by a small shield ; three 
or four granular scales between the supraoculars and the supra- 
ciliaries ; occipital shorter, but broader, than the interparietal; temple 
covered with uniform small flat scales; subocular bordering the lip, 
between the fifth and sixth upper labials. Gular scales increasing 
in size towards the collar, which is composed of eleven plates. 
Dorsal scales rather large, oval, juxtaposed, keeled. Ventrals longer 
than broad, the overlapping posterior border obtusely angular ; 
12 longitudinal and 33 transverse series. 35 to 38 scales round 
the body, ventrals included. Preanal shields keeled, in two trans- 
verse rows, an anterior and a posterior pair largest. The hind limb 
reaches the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. Digits long and 
slender, cylindrical, bent at the articulations. 10 or 11 femoral 
pores on each side. Tail more than twice as long as head and body ; 
caudal scales strongly keeled. Pale brown above, with a white, 
black-edged streak along each side of the back ; upper lip and lower 
surfaces white ; tail white-spotted. 
* Quoted from a separate copy. 
