KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 47. NIO 6. 11 



This species was first discovered between Lugh and Bardcra in Somaliland. 

 Afterwards it has also been described from Abyssinia. Its presence in the thornhush 

 country north of Guaso Nyiri is one of the many proofs for the general distribution 

 of the Somali fauna in a southwestern direction to the river mentioned. 



Hemidactylus macropholis Blgr. 



Blgb.: Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova. Sor. 2, Vol. XVII, 1896, p. 7. 



A specimen from Njoro, and another from the northern side of Guaso Nyiri 

 below Chanler Falls have unfortunately been so badly eaten by ants that it is impos- 

 sible to determine them with absolute certainty. Preanal pores 8, numerous, strongly 

 keeled tubercles on the back in about 14 longitudinal rows, lepidosis of the body and 

 head, general proportions, and appearance are in full agreement as far as can be seen 

 with Boulenger's description (1. c.) and his figure (fig. 1, Ta v. I) ibidem, in the 

 report on Capt Bottego's second collection of reptiles from Somaliland. I hardly 

 think therefore that there can be any mistake about the identification as above. 



H. macropholis has been recorded from Dolo and Lugh in Somaliland and it is 

 only in accordance with other facts that it now is reported from the country at 

 Guaso Nyiri. 



Agamidse. 



Agama raillaiiti Blgr. 



Blgr.: Ann. Mus. Civ. Ser. 2, Vol. XV, 1895, p. 12. 



When walking through the thornbush country north of Guaso Nyiri I saw several 

 times a small light greyish looking lizard of agamoid appearance slip into the bushes. 

 I believed it to be only a young of some large Agama and did not try to catch any 

 hoping to find some adult specimen, but I failed to find any larger. Finally the 7 /a 

 my gunbearer Kongoni caught one of these small Ägarnas in the thornbush north of 

 Guaso Nyiri below Chanler Falls, and that was the only one obtained because I did 

 not see any after that date. 



This specimen measures about 122 mm., two thirds of which is the length of 

 the tail. It agrees in every respect with Boulenger's description of Agama vaillanti 

 except in three points. The spines round the ear opening and on the sides of the 

 neck are less developed which, however, may be due to its small size, and the number 

 of scales round the body is only about 52. The colour pattern is exactly as described 

 by the author quoted, but the ventral scales are not smooth but feebly keeled. Here 

 and there along the sides of the back a scale is a little larger than its neighbours, 

 more strongly mucronate, and directed more upwards towards the mesial line. This 

 is not mentioned in Boulenger's description. 



As I felt a little doubtful about the identification in consequence of these small 

 discrepancies I took the liberty of consulting the author of the species Dr. G. A. 



