. Zoology of Egypt. D < & I 3 i sO 1 hJ § U CHAMELEON CALTPTEATUS. 229 Measurements (in millim.) of an adult male from Yemen and an adult femalefrom the Nile valley. 6- 5. Total length 425 423 Vent to tip of tail .... 220 235 This species, first described by A. Dumeril, from the Nile region, was recorded, in1882, from the island of Socotra by Peters, who, on that occasion, mentioned thatanother example, from Abyssinia, obtained by Ehrenberg, was preserved in the BerlinMuseum. Fig. One of the types of C. calyptratus, A. Dum. Nat. size. $ . Pai-is Museum. In the course of an examination o
. Zoology of Egypt. D < & I 3 i sO 1 hJ § U CHAMELEON CALTPTEATUS. 229 Measurements (in millim.) of an adult male from Yemen and an adult femalefrom the Nile valley. 6- 5. Total length 425 423 Vent to tip of tail .... 220 235 This species, first described by A. Dumeril, from the Nile region, was recorded, in1882, from the island of Socotra by Peters, who, on that occasion, mentioned thatanother example, from Abyssinia, obtained by Ehrenberg, was preserved in the BerlinMuseum. Fig. One of the types of C. calyptratus, A. Dum. Nat. size. $ . Pai-is Museum. In the course of an examination of the small collection of Keptiles in the Museumof the Medical School at Cairo, I found a very fine male chameleon, which Dr. Walterlimes, the Curator, informed me came from Yemen, in Arabia. I obtained his per-mission to bring it to Europe, and through the unfailing courtesy of Professor Vaillant 230 THE EEPTILES OF EGYPT. I was enabled to compare it in London with one of the types of C. calyptratus preservedin the Paris Museum. Fig. 8 (p. 229) represents the head and shoulders of thelatter specimen of the size of nature, and if it be compared with the life-sized figureof the Yemen male (Plate XXX.) it will be seen that the only difference between thetwo lies in the slightly lesser development of the crest in the type, which, however,is sufficiently explained by the fact that it is a female. There is no other featureof any importance in which they differ. M. Mocquard, some years
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