REPTILES 
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VAEANID^ (The Monitors). 
Large Tree Monitor {Varanus ocellatus). 
Wardare. 
This formidable-looking monster is to be found perched on the top of high 
thorn-bushes, and is perfectly harmless. Body dirty yellow and gray 
barred irregularly with dirty white ; tail gray and white in regular bars ; 
under parts dirty yellow-white ; long yellow claws. Length from tip of 
nose to end of tail, 3 feet 2 inches ; length of tail, 19f inches. 
LACEETID^ (True Lizards). 
Algerian Keeled Lizard {Tropidosaura algira). 
No collar ; soles feebly keeled. 
Common Fringe-toed Lizard {Acanthodactylus vulgaris). 
Tail twice as long as head and body ; above bronze green, with two golden 
streaks along side ; under parts whitish. Length 10| inches. 
Fringe-toed Lizard {Acanthodactylus savignyi). 
Revoil’s Lizard (Rremias revoili). 
Dark snake -like markings down sides of back ; tail long. 
{Eremias luguhris.) 
SCINCID^ (The Skink Tribe). 
The Eyed Skink {Gongylus ocellatus). 
Muzzle wedge-shaped ; scales thin and smooth ; the tail conical and pointed ; 
toes rather flattened ; eyes guarded with distinct eyelids ; limbs stout ; 
ears small. 
CHAMflELIONID^ (The Chameleons). 
The Common Chameleon {Chamceleo vulgaris). 
Colour by day dark green, by night whitish-yellow, when on a bough or 
disturbed, purple-brown ; tongue very long. Length 10 inches. 
( Chamceleo kerstenii. ) 
SNAKES. 
Smith’s Fierce Snake {Zammis smithii). 
Found usually on the ground and occasionally on thorn-bushes. 
Colour dark straw, yellow on upper parts ; belly light yellow ; head darker. 
Length of one killed by me, 23 inches. 
Tree Snake (Psammophis biseriatus). 
Often found on low-lying thorn-bushes. 
Colour : back dark gray-brown ; two thin lines of brown run down the 
sides ; belly blue-gray. Length of one killed by me, 22| inches. 
