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exception of the tvvo Lygosoma clathrotis and L. kutuensis the other species of fchie 

 collection from the Kenia district have been reported from Kilimanjaro as uell. 1 



This is, however, due to the fact that those species which are common to both 

 these distriots are found in other parts of East Africa as well where suitable condi- 

 tions offer themselves. There is thus no more agreement between Kenia and Kili- 

 manjaro with regard to their lizards than between other mountains in East Africa 

 in this respect. Lacerta jacksoni is a typical proof of that. It has now been disco- 

 vered in several distant localities. Gonatodes africanus has been found in Usambara 

 and at Tanga. The others are still more widely distributed. 



Geckonidae. 

 Gonatodes africanus (Werner). 

 Werner: Verh. k. k. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, Bd. XI, V, p. 190. 



In a forest about two hours north of Meru borna a specimen of this kind was 

 caught 21 3 1911. 



Although this species, which was original ly described from Usambara, and then 

 found in the Kilimanjaro-district, has been reported by Tornier 2 from »Kenia» this 

 find was of interest as it gives further information about the distribution in the in- 

 teriör of the continent where there hardly is any possibility that it could have been 

 artificially introduced in any way. It must thus be regarded as an endemic member 

 of the East African fauna. 



Hemidactylus squaraulatus Tornier. 

 Torniek: Die Tliierwelt Ost-AtV., Lief. III Rept., p. 10. 



Three specimens of a Gecko collected at Njoro, north of Guaso Nyiri in Febr. 

 1911 agree with Tornier's description of H. squamulatus (1. c). The author quoted 

 appears, however, to be uncertain in which relation his H. squamulatus stånds to 

 Mocquard's H. tropidolepis. I have not been able to get access to Mocquard's origi- 

 nal description, 3 and cannot form any opinion of my own whether these two Geckos 

 are identical or not. In my specimens the small (imbricate) scales of the back are 

 not keeled as al so is said about those of H. squamulatus while according to a quota- 

 tion, Mocquard has stated about his H. tropidolepis that the scales of the back are 

 »plus on moins fortement carénées — — — ». If this means really all the scales of 

 the back, H. tropidolepis is different from the specimens from Njoro, although from a 

 zoogeographical point of view it could be expected that the Gecko from Njoro rather 



1 Lönnberg: Reptilia and Batrachia, in Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Zool. Exp. Kilimandjaro von Sjöstedt. 

 Upsala 1907. 



2 Zool. Jahrb. Syst., Bd. XIII, p. 584. 



3 Mém. cent. soc. philom. Paris 1888. 



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