SCINCUS SEPIFORMIS, Schneid. Hist. Amph. II. p. 191. Merr. Syst. Amph.
p. 70. n. 1.
GERRHOSAURUS SEPIFORMIS, Bibr. Hist. des Rept. V. p. 384.
_Corpore cum caudâ longo, serpentiformi; pedibus parvis; squamarum
submaxillarum pari secundo contiguis; squamis dorsalibus magnis,
subrectangularibus, striatis, in seriebus tredecem, et ventralibus
in seriebus octo dispositis._
Habitat, Cape of Good Hope.
After a careful examination of the data from which the different
synonyms of this species, and of _Gerrhosaurus flavigularis_, Bibr.,
have been derived, I am inclined to agree with this author, that the
present is the true _Scincus sepiformis_ of Schneider, and of Merrem,
and not _Scincus flavigularis_ as supposed by Wagler, Weigmann, and
Gray. It is very fully described by Bibron in the “Histoire Naturelle
des Reptiles,” but it has not hitherto been figured. There is no notice
of it in Mr. Darwin’s notes, further than its having been obtained at
the Cape of Good Hope.
FAMILIA—SCINCIDÆ.
GENUS—CYCLODUS. _Wagler._
CYCLODUS CASUARINÆ. _Bibr._