YARANUS ALBOGULARIS. — Daud. 
Reptilia. — Plate II. (Male.) 
V. capita quadrangular!, versus apicem attenuate ; naribus obliquis angustis propfe oculos positis ; collo 
corporequo obesis ; pedibus validis ; caudd versus basin subcylindrica dein compressa, supra 
carinata ; capite colloque, subochrcis brunnco-maculatis ; fascia bnmnea ab oculo ad dorsum ; corpore 
supra brunneo, fasciis, maculia lineisquc subochrcis variegatis, subtus subochrco, guttis brunncis 
sparso ; caudd fasciis brunneis suboclireisque altemantibus fasciata. 
Yaranus Gillii- Smith, South African Quarterly Journal, 1831. 
Colour.— Head and neck intermediate between gamboge and ochre-yellow, 
the former and the sides and back of the neck finely freckled by small black 
spots ; from the outer corner of each eye, a brown stripe extends along the 
neck, and terminates on the back immediately behind the base of the tore 
leg, where it is much broader than at its commencement ; this stripe is 
generally darkest at its edge and lightest along its centre : between the ter- 
minations of these stripes there are in most specimens two large brown blotches 
separated from each other by a yellowish line. Back brown, crossed by three 
or four ochry yellow bands, which are, cither in the form of continuous stripes 
or interrupted blotches, and is besides variegated by smaller spots, or waved 
narrow stripes of the same colour; the larger bands and blotches sprinkled with 
small brown spots. The sides ochry yellow with small brown spots and 
vertical stripes, the latter continued from the brown of the back; belly the 
same colour as the sides, with a sprinkling of small brown spots. Tail 
beneath ochry yellow ; above and on the sides marked by alternate brown and 
yellow bands, the former spotted with yellow, the latter with brown. The 
outer surface of anterior extremities ochry yellow, spotted with brown ; the 
posterior extremities dark brown, spotted with ochry yellow; toes, the latter 
colour, with some indistinct brownish bars ; nails dark horn-coloured. 
Form, &c. — Head rather small ; neck and body robust and rather flatten- 
ed ; limbs thick and strong. The head is quadrangular, rather short, broad 
behind, and tapered towards the nose; nostrils oblique, linear, and situated 
near to the eyes ; teeth somewhat cylindrical and strong, obtuse in some 
specimens, pointed in others ; external ear, transverse and narrow ; tail some- 
what cylindrical towards the base, the remainder compressed above and sur- 
mounted by a distinct serrated carina wdth a slight channel along its upper 
surface ; towards the tip of the tail this carina almost disappears. Upper 
surface of the head covered by flat somewhat circular scales, rather small, 
particularly over the eyes ; lips and temples covered with small scales, on the 
