14. EREMtas, 85 
Head moderate; snout rather pointed. Nasals feebly swollen ; 
frontonasal broader than long, separated from the rostral : two pree- 
frontals ; frontal feebly grooved anteriorly ; two large supraoculars, 
completely surrounded with granules ; two or three small scales on 
a line from the loreal to the anterior supraocular, the length of 
which equals or a little exceeds its distance from the loreal ; inter- 
parietal rhomboidal, shorter than the suture between the fronto- 
parietals ; occipital absent or minute ; parietals not longer than 
broad, usually forming a suture behind the interparietal; a more or 
less elongate shield on the outer border of the parietals; a curved 
band-like scale on the supero-anterior border of the ear ; temporal 
scales small, flat, smooth; no auricular denticulation ; lower eyelid 
scaly ; subocular bordering the lip, between the fifth and sixth 
(exceptionally fourth and fifth) upper labials; the three anterior 
pairs of chin-shields in contact. Collar curved, perfectly free, 
with 7 to 11 plates. Dorsal scales granular, hexagonal, juxta- 
posed, obtusely keeled, 65 to 73 across the middle of the body. 
Ventral plates in straight longitudinal and transverse series, all 
much broader than long, in six longitudinal series, the median 
pair usually a little narrower than the others; 27 to 30 trans- 
verse series. Preeanal scales small, subequal, irregular. The hind 
limb reaches the eye; the length of the foot equals the distance 
between the arm and the nostril or the end of the snout; a series 
of very large subtibial plates. 12 to 16 femoral pores on each side. 
Tail more than twice as long as head and body; caudal scales 
strongly keeled, except the basal subcaudals, which are smooth. 
Upper surface of head yellowish brown shaded with brownish red, 
the sides cream-yellow; back and sides of body liver-brown, varie- 
gated with longitudinal stripes and spots of gamboge-yellow ; the 
stripes three in number, sometimes broken up into spots, the median 
bifurcates on the nape; upper surface of limbs with round yellow 
spots ; tail yellowish or pinkish, with two longitudinal brown bands 
on the upper surface of the basal portion ; lower surfaces whitish or 
reddish brown. 
pale millim. 
Total length..............0. 162 170 
Gad!) nce ec catetete OA derma 12 12 
Width of head ............-. 7 8 
From end of snout to fore limb 19 20 
From end of snout to vent .... 45 50- 
Fore limb..........-+.0000. 17 19 
Hind limb ................ 34 38 
Tall: csv nee see Pe ee es 117 120 
South-western Africa, from the northern boundary of Cape Colony 
to Hereroland. 
a, b. Beveral spec.: 5,9, & hgr. 8. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.].. 
; (Types.) 
a db. S. Africa. 
