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A9AMID^. 



19. Agama armata. 



Agama aculeata, {non Merr.) Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mossamh. p. 27, pi. i. 



fig. 2. 

 armata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 616, and Beise n. 



Mossamb. iii. p. 42, pi. vii. fig. 2. 

 infralineata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1877, p. 613. 



Head moderately long, convex. Nostril slightly tubular, lateral, 

 pierced in a small nasal just below the canthus rostralis. Upper 

 head-scales keeled ; occipital enlarged ; back of head with scattered 

 short spines ; ear-opening larger than the eye-opening. Body de- 

 pressed, covered with moderately large, imbricate, strongly keeled 

 scales intermixed with enlarged ones, forming longitudinal series ; 

 a slight dorsal and nuchal crest ; ventral scales strongly keeled and 

 muoronate. Limbs rather short ; tibia shorter than the skuU (to 

 occiput) ; third finger slightly longer than fourth ; third toe slightly 

 longer than fourth, fifth extending beyond first. Tail once and 

 two thirds as long as the distance from gular fold to vent, rounded, 

 covered with strongly keeled scales. Olive-brown above, the en- 

 larged scales lighter ; a double series of darker spots along the back ; 

 lower surfaces lighter, the throat with darker longitudinal lines. 



Total length 167 millim. 



Head 20 „ 



"Width of head 17 „ 



Body 57 „ 



Fore limb 36 „ 



Hind limb 44 „ 



Tail 90 „ 



South Africa. 



a. 2- Natal. J. H. Gurney, Esq. [P.]. 



20. Agama atra. 



Agama atra, Gra^/, Cat. p. 256. 

 Agama atra, Daud. Bept. iii. p. 349 ; Bum. 8f Bibr. iv. p. 493. 



subspinosa, Oray, Ann. Fhilos. 1827, p. 214. 



Trapelus subhispidus, Kaup, Isis, 1827, p. 616. 

 Phrynopsis atra, Fitzing. Syst. Bept. p. 80. 



Head moderate, rather depressed. Nostril tubular, pierced in a 

 small convex nasal upon the canthus rostralis. Upper head-scales 

 smooth or feebly keeled ; occipital slightly enlarged ; sides of head 

 posteriorly and neck with groups of small spines ; ear-opening 

 larger than the eye-opening. Male without a regular gular pouch. 

 Body much depressed, covered with smaU imbricate keeled scales, 

 largest on the vertebral line ; these scales sometimes intermixed 

 with scattered enlarged ones ; a more or less distinct curved fold 

 along each side of the back ; a short nuchal crest ; no distinct 

 dorsal crest ; ventral scales small and smooth. Limbs moderate ; 



