HEMIDACTYLUS CAPENSIS.— Smith. 
Reptilia. — Plate 75 . — Fig. 3 . 
H. supeme rubro-brunneus, lineis duabus longitudinalibus subaurantiis, maculisque parvis subflavis 
variegatus ; subtus flavo-albus ; digito interno pedis singuli parvissimo. 
Longitudo e nasi apice ad basin caucUe 1 unc. 3 lin. ; caudse 1 \ unc. 
Colour. — The upper and lateral parts of the head, the back, the sides, the 
outer surface of the extremities, and the upper and lateral parts of the tail, 
either light brownish red, or a tint between wood-brown and sienna-yellow. 
The variegations are two longitudinal pale reddish orange lines, and some 
small pale cream-yellow spots ; the former extend, one on each side of the 
back, from the eye to nearly the commencement of the last third of the tail ; 
the latter are thinly scattered on the back and tail between the lines, also on 
the outer surface of the extremities. The under parts of the head, the 
body, the tail, and the inner surface of the extremities, pale cream-yellow or 
straw-yellow. In light-coloured individuals, the yellow line is frequently 
edged above and below with a pale liver-brown line. Eyes, greenish yellow* 
with a bronze lustre. 
Form, &c. — Figure slender; body somewhat four-sided, laterally rather 
protuberant, and longitudinally arched ; tail cylindrical, and tapered from 
base to apex, the latter slender and pointed. Head four-sided, the hind- 
head of the same width as the neck, sides perpendicular and anteriorly 
converge slightly to the nose ; the latter narrow and rounded ; upper surface 
of head between eyes concave ; rostral canthus distinct ; nostrils situated 
close to nose, small, and edged above by the nasal plate, below by the first 
labial, and behind by two narrow scales. Eyes rather large ; pupil circular ; 
no eyelid to the outer third of the eye; external ear opening small, circular, 
smooth, and in a line with the angle of the mouth. Extremities slender ; 
toes of the fore feet five, the innermost rudimentary, and close to the base of 
the second, the third and outermost toes of the same length, the fourth 
