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Also I have made use of the records to be found in the literature 
referred to below : — 
Bocage. — Herpetology of Angola, 1895. Jornal de Sciencias Math. 
Phys., Lisboa, 2, 4, 1896. (Bechuanaland, Modder Biver, and 
W. Transvaal.) 
Boettger. — Ber. Senck. ges. Frankfort, 1886-1889. 
Boulenger. — B.M. Catalogue of Lizards, 1896; P.Z.S., 1897, 800 
(N. Nyassaland) ; P.Z.S., 1902, 2 (Mashonaland) ; A.M.N.H., 
7, 12, 1903 (Bichmond District, C.C.) ; P.Z.S., 1905, 248 (Capo 
Colony, Natal, Orange Biver Colony, and Transvaal); P.Z.S., 
1907, 2, 483 (Transvaal and Portuguese East Africa) ; Annals 
Natal Government Museum, Yol. I, Part 3 (Zululand, Natal). 
Chubb.— P.Z.S., 1909, 590.; (Matabeleland.) 
Fischer. — Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss, Anst. 5, 1887. (German S.W. Africa.) 
Matschie. — Zool. Jahrb., 1890. (Transvaal.) 
Boux. — Zool. Jahrb., 1907, 25, 405. (Cape Colony, Natal, Trans- 
vaal.) Bevue Suisse Zool., 15, 1907. (Transvaal, Mozambique.) 
Smith. — Zoology of S. Africa, 1849. 
Tornier. — Zool. Jahrb. 13, 579. (German East Africa.) 
Werner. — Yerh. Zool. Ges. Wien. Bd. 43, 1894. (Cape Colony, 
Natal, Transvaal.) 
In accordance with the usual custom, the northern limits of this 
sub-continent are taken from the Zambezi on the east to the Cunene 
Biver on the west, but this line certainly constitutes no natural 
boundary, for in the eastern portions, the Transvaal and Natal, the 
lizard fauna shows a preponderating tropical element accompanied 
by only a minority of forms which are confined to the area in 
question. On the other hand, Cape Colony has a very distinct and 
characteristic reptilian fauna which is strictly limited in its distribu- 
tion, and though in the same region there is to be found a much 
smaller assembly of reptiles which are also to be found in the 
Transvaal, yet the majority of these are widely distributed forms 
extending up to the equatorial region and beyond. At the same time, 
whilst we must regard the Cape Colony as the principal home of a 
fauna peculiarly South African, it should not be forgotten that there 
are a few groups, e.g. the Zonuridae, which as a whole are almost 
exclusively South African, and the species are more equally distributed 
in the several parts of the sub-continent, so that, after all, South 
Africa, as we understand it, has some claim to be regarded as a 
distinct zoological area whose northern limits are ill-defined because 
of a strong infiltration of tropical forms. 
In the following lists I have not thought it necessary to quote 
every record with which I am acquainted nor the authority for the 
record, except in special cases of unusual importance. 
Zonurus giganteus Smith. 
Smith’s specimens came from the rocky pinnacles of the 
Quathlamba Mountains. He suggested that the same species occurs 
on the mountains of Great Namaqualand, but I have seen no records 
to substantiate this. 
The Transvaal Museum has specimens from Bloemfontein, from 
Kroonstad (Orange Biver Colony), and from Yereeniging. The 
Bloemfontein Musuem has many specimens without locality. The 
