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of head and body. Back reddish brown ; each dorsal scale with a 

 small blackish spot or shaft, sometimes confluent and forming G 

 longitudinal lines ; sides blackish brown, clotted with whitish ; 

 lower surfaces whitish, throat and tail usually brown-spotted. 



From snout to vent 1*6 inches ; tail 2 - 7">. 



Hal. Anaimalai hills, S. India. 



249. Ristella travancorica. 



Ateuchosaurus travancoricus, part., Beddome, Madras Jotfm. Med. 



So. 1870. 

 Ristella tiavancorica, Beddome, op. cit. 1871 (part.) ; Bauleng. Cat. 



Liz. iii, p. 358, pi. xxix, fig. 2. 



Ear-opening not or but slightly larger than the nostril ; third to 

 sixth upper labials below the eye. Dorsal scales sharply bicarinate : 

 24. rarely 26, scales round the middle of the body. Otherwise as 

 in R. rurkii. Reddish brown above, each dorsal scale usually with 

 a dark brown dot ; usually a rather indistinct darker lateral band ; 

 lower surfaces uniform whitish. 



From snout to vent 1-5 inches. 



Hob. Travancore hills. 



250. Ristella guen.th.eri. 



Ristella guentheri, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 358, pi. xxix, fig. 3. 



Ear-opening little larger than the nostril ; a single azygos pra?- 

 f rental, nearly as large as the frontonasal ; third to sixth upper 

 labials below the eye. Dorsal scales sharply bicarinate ; 22 or 24 

 scales round the middle of the body. Reddish brown above, with 

 dark bi-own lines along the series of scales, or with minute yellowish 

 dots; sides dark brown, dotted with yellowish, or with a dark 

 brown longitudinal band ; young with three light, dark-edged dorsal 

 streaks ; lower surfaces uniform whitish. 



From snout to vent 1*5 inches. 



Hob. Madura, Sirumalai hills. 



251. Ristella beddomii. 



Ristella beddornii, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 359, pi. xxix, fig. 4. 



Ear-opening larger than the nostril ; a single azygos praef rental, 

 nearly as large as the froutonasal ; fourth to sixth upper labials 

 below the eye. Body much shorter than in the other species of the 

 genus, the adpressed limbs meeting or slightly overlapping. Dorsal 

 scales sharply bicarinate. 26 scales round the middle of the body. 

 Reddish brown above, with or without 2 or 3 lighter dorsal streaks ; 

 sides with scattered minute whitish dots ; usually a black blotch 

 with a few white dots above the axilla ; lower surfaces uniform 

 whitish. 



From snout to vent 1-25 inches. 



Ifnh. Hills ot South-western India. 



