Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
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ZONURUS CORDYLUS L. 
Very abundant in tbe coastal districts of Cape Colony; the most 
eastern record in the South African Museum is Tsomo, Transkei 
there are several records from some of the interior districts of Cape 
Colony, viz., Middleburg District, Bedford District, and Tulbagh 
District, but it does not reach so far as the central districts. 
This species is recorded from several localities on the west coast 
of Africa — Walfijft Bay, for instance — and Bocage records it from 
north Angola., where, he says, it occupies a littoral zone. It is not, 
however, confined to low-lying districts, as it occurs on the slopes of 
Table Mountain. Further, it is recorded by Tornier from German 
East Africa, by Boulenger from northern Nyassaland, and from the 
Pretoria District (Distants Naturalist in the Transvaal), and by 
Chubb from Matabeleland,* but I believe that the two latter records 
at any rate are incorrect, for the Pretoria record was published prior 
to the separation of vittifer as a species distinct from cordylus, and 
all the specimens in the Transvaal Museum which are related to this 
species really belong to vittifer or to jonesii, whilst all Matabeleland 
specimens now* in the South African Museum are referable to jonesii. 
Zonurus vittifer Reich. 
This is abundant in the Zoutpansberg District and occurs also 
in the Middelburg District, and on the north-w^est Rand. It is recorded 
from Ladysmith (Natal), from Reitvlei (TImvoti), from Zululand, 
and the Albany Museum has a specimen from Teafontein, about 
fifteen miles north-west of Graliamstowm. Apparently its principal 
home is in the low veld portions of the Transvaal extending south- 
wards into Natal and eastern Cape Colony and westwards for some 
distance on the high veld of the Transvaal. 
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus Smith occurs on the hills and 
mountains of the coastal districts of south and east Cape Colony ; it 
is recorded also from the Richmond District. It is found in Natal, 
in the Orange River Colony, and in the Transvaal (Wakkerstroom, 
Pretoria District, and Zoutpansberg District). I have seen no records 
of this species north of the Transvaal, and none from German S.W. 
Africa, nor from western Cape Colony. 
Chamaesaura aenea Fitz. is common in the Pretoria District, 
and it occurs also in the Zoutpansberg, Lydenburg, Middelburg, and 
Standerton Districts of the Transvaal. It is found in the Orange 
River Colony and in Natal. There are no records of this species 
from Cape Colony, nor from German S.W. Africa, and none north 
of the Transvaal. 
Chamaesaura anguina L. (including also didactyla Boul., which 
is not specifically distinct from anguina). This species is common 
in the coastal districts of south and east Cape Colony, extending up 
into Pondoland, Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal (Irene, Pretoria 
District, Taylor). 
The South African Museum has specimens from Namaqualand 
and from the Worcester Division of Cape Colony. 
Chamaesaura macrolepis Cope occurs in Natal and Zululand, and 
the Transvaal Museum has a specimen from White River (Lydenburg 
District) taken by Mr. A. T. Cooke. The Port Elizabeth Museum has 
a specimen from that neighbourhood. 
* I have recently seen the specimen and it proves to be jonesii. 
