LYGOSOMA. 209 



Body elougate, limbs weak ; distance between eiid of suout and 

 fore limb contained 2 to 2| times in distance between axilla and 

 groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided 

 transparent disk. Supranasals distinct, in contact behind the 

 rostral ; frontonasal much broader than long, forming a suture 

 with the frontal; pnefrontals small ; frontal about as long as the 

 frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first 

 and second supraoculars ; 4 supraoculars ; usually 7 supraciliaries ; 

 frontoparietals distinct, usually a little larger than iuterparietal ; 

 parietals forming a suture behind the iuterparietal : a pair of nuchals 

 and a pair of temporals border the parietals ; fifth upper labial 

 below the eye. Ear-opening small, oval, with one or two small 

 lobules anteriorly. 24 or 26 scales round the middle of the body, 

 all smooth, subequal. Marginal prseanals not, or scarcely enlarged. 

 The fore limb, when stretched forwards, reaches a little beyond the 

 ear ; the length of the hind limb is more than one third of the 

 distance between axilla and groin. Digits feebly compressed; 

 fourth toe longer than third ; subdigital lamellae feebly unicariuate, 

 11 to 14 under the fourth toe. Tail thick, as long as head and 

 body, or a little longer. Brown or olive above, each scale with a 

 dark brown spot ; these spots sometimes confluent into longitudinal 

 lines ; a more or less marked yellowish streak or band on each side, 

 beginning on the canthus rostralis ; sides sometimes blackish brown, 

 white-dotted ; lower surfaces yellowish white, uniform, or each scale 

 with a black central dot ; tail reddish in the young. 



From snout to vent 3-5 inches. 



Hob. India, from the base of the Himalayas, rarer in the northern 

 parts ; Ceylon. 



240. Lygosoma guentheri. 



Riopa punctata, Gray, Ann. N. H. ii, 1839, p. 332 ; Theob. Cat. p. 64. 

 Eu nieces punctatus, Giinth. Rcpt. B. I. p. 93. 



Eumeces guentheri, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Freunde, 1879, p. 3(3. 

 Lygosoma guentheri, Bouleny. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 311. 



Body much elongate, limbs weak ; distance between end of snout 

 and fore limb contained about three times in distance between 

 axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an 

 undivided transparent disk. Supranasals present, in contact behind 

 the rostral ; frontonasal much broader than long, forming a suture 

 with the frontal ; praefroutals small and widely separated ; frontal 

 usually as long as froutoparietals and interparietal together or a 

 little longer, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; 

 4 supraoculars ; 6 to 8 supraciliaries, first and last largest ; fronto- 

 parietals distinct, usually larger than the interparietal ; parietals 

 forming a suture behind the interparietal : a pair of nuchals and a 

 pair of temporals border the parietals ; usually, fifth upper labial 

 below the eye. Ear-opening small, roundish or oval. 24 or 26 

 scales round the middle of the body, all smooth, subequal. Mar- 

 ginal prseanals not or scarcely enlarged. The fore limb, when 



