10 EINAR LÖNNBERG, REPTILES. 



should agree with H. tropidolepis from Somaliland than with H. squamulatus from 

 Kakorna, Ugundu. 



Werner has described 1 from Sudan a species H. floweri which, he says, is 

 nearly related to H. tropidolepis Mocquard from Somaliland. The present specimens 

 differ from Werner's species just in two points which according to his opinion 

 distinguish his and Moc >uard's species. The former is said to have a series of large, 

 transversal, hexagonal plates along the lower side of the tail, and a larger number of 

 preanal pores, 14 against 7 in Mocquard's species. In the present specimens the 

 median row of scales on the lower side of the tail are enlarged but they are not 

 hexagonal, and not transformed into plates. The number of preanal pores is only 

 about 7 — 8, and in this respect these specimens differ from Tornier's squamulatus as 

 well, but this characteristic is regarded as variable by the author of the species. 



Hemidactylus mabouia Mor. 



Blgr.: Cat. Lizards B. M. I, p. 122. 



One specimen from Njoro, N. of Guaso Nyiri Febr. 1911. Very widely dis- 

 tributed. 



Hemidactylus brook i i Gray. 



Blgr.: Cat. Lizards B. M. I, p. 128. 



A small specimen was dug ont of an anthill belonging to Termes bellicosus not 

 far south of Guaso Nyiri in March 1911. 



Widely distributed, also found in Somaliland and Sudan. 



Hemidactylus ruspol ii Blgr. 



Blgr : Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 2, Vol. XVII, 1896, p. 6. 



Several specimens of this interesting little Gecko vvere caught at Njoro, north 

 of Guaso Nyiri in the latter half of Febr. All the specimens found, except one had 

 taken their refuge under the still adhering dry leaf-stalks on the trunks of the doum- 

 palms, and were discovered when these were torn away. They were not easy to 

 catch, because they could so swiftly slip away under another leaf-stalk leaving their 

 brittle tail behind as a good prize to the would be captor. When found in their 

 resting places these Geckos were very dark brown, almost black with minium-red rings 

 round the tail. When put in alcohol they become light brownish grey with three 

 series of rectangular dark brown spöts along the back just as Boulenger's figure in 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova Ser. 2, Vol. XVII, Tav. I, fig. 1 shows. The red rings on 

 the tail may be of value to the animal as they catch the eyes of the pursuer, and 

 attract his attention to the tail which, if need be, can be left behind to save the body. 



1 Sitzber. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Matli. Natli. KL, Bd. CXVI, Abt. 1. Ergebn. zool. Forsell. -reise Sudan, 

 Nord-Uganda XVI Rept., p. 8. 



