454 CHAM ELEONTIDE, 
14. Chameleon verrucosus. 
i Chameleo verrucosus, Gray, Cat. p. 267. 
Chameleo verrucosus, Cuy. R. A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 60; Dum. & Bibr. 
lii. p. 210, pl. xxvii. fig. 1; Gray, Proc. Zvol. Soc. 1864, p. 468 ; 
Boettg. Abh. Naturw. Ver. Bremen, vii. 1881, p. 182, and Abh. 
Senck. Ges. xii. 1881, p. 477. 
Bradypodion verrucosum, Fizing. Syst. Rept. p. 43. 
Casque much elevated posteriorly, especially in the male, with 
strong curved parictal crest; the distance between the commissure 
of the mouth and the extremity of the casque equals or exceeds the 
length of the mouth in the male, is a little less in the female; 
snout rather long and pointed, without appendages; a strong lateral 
crest, ascending to the extremity of the parietal crest; no trace 
whatever of occipital lobes ; scales on the head very unequal, some 
very large round ones on the occiput and on the temple. Body 
covered with granules intermixed with scattered large, round, flat, 
or subconical tubercles, of which there is often a lateral series of 
specially large ones; a crest of pointed tubercles on the vertebral 
line; a series of conical tubercles forms a feeble crest along the 
throat and belly, interrupted under the neck. No tarsal process 
Tail as long as, or a little longer than, head and body. 
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From end of snout to extremity of mandible .. 55 
From end of snout to extremity of casque .... 74 
Greatest width between lateral cranial crests .. 32 
Depth of skull (mandible included) .......... 55 
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BOONE 5.2 tanatssaltes sian snaneisnstonstaciess araerton ta ennencanan ene 180 
iT OTE geen pares teen ramere aeerey ate Oren aero at eae tee 38 
Maal, cers x cesaianah asp Rordacs turnesh dine Buenciat eae sieeas aoa 270 
Madagascar, Bourbon, Mauritius. 
a,b,c-d. $ & her. 9. Madagascar. Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 
ad. Mauritius. C. Telfair, Esq. [C.]. 
“15. Chamaleon pardalis. 
Chameeleo pardalis, Gray, Cat. p. 266. 
Chameleo pardalis, Cuv. R.A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 60; Dum. §& Bibr. iii. 
p. 228; Boettg. Abh. Senck. Ges. xi, 1877, p 25, pl. i. fig. 5, and 
1878, p. 281, and 1879, p. 482, and xii. 1881, p. 478. 
— ater, Lesson, Ill. Zool. pl. xxxiv. 
Bradypodion pardalis, Fitzing. Syst. Rept. p. 43. 
Cyneosaura pardalis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 479. 
Casque broad and rounded and not much elevated posteriorly ; 
a strong parietal crest ; the distance between the commissure of the 
mouth and the extremity of the casque is less than the length of the 
mouth ; lateral crest distinct all round the head, formed of large 
