196 SCINCLD^E. 



eyelid scaly. Nostril pieced between a nasal and a postnasal ; no 

 supranasal ; rostral convex, forming a suture with the frontonasal, 

 which is broader than long and forms a narrow suture with the 

 frontal; latter shield as long as frontoparietals and parietals 

 together, in contact with the first and second, or first, second, and 

 third supraoculars ; four large supraoculars, followed by two very 

 small ones ; first supraocular longer than second ; 10 or 1 1 supra- 

 ciliaries, first largest ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, 

 subequal, or former a little larger than latter ; parietals forming a 

 short suture behind the interparietal ; enlarged iiuchals absent or 

 one pair only present ; fifth and sixth upper labiajs largest and below 

 the eye. Ear-opening oval, smaller than the eye-opening ; no auri- 

 cular lobules. 30 or 32 smooth scales round the middle of the body, 

 laterals very slightly smaller than dorsals. A pair of large prseanals. 

 The adpressed limbs meet, or the hind limb reaches the wrist in 

 the adult ; the hind limb reaches the axilla in the young. Digits 

 rather elongate, compressed ; subdigital lamellae smooth or obtusely 

 keeled, 20 to 22 under the fourth toe. Tail 1| to 1| times length 

 of head and body. Brown or bronzy above, uniform, with a 

 broad dark brown or black lateral baud, below which the lips and 

 sides of the neck and body are ornamented with alternately dark 

 and light vertical bars ; these markiugs most distinct in the young ; 

 usually a black line or series of black spots along the upper surface 

 of the tail ; lower surface uniform whitish. 



From snout to vent 3*5 inches. 



Hub. Hills of Northern Tenasserim (Mount Muleyit, Pla-pu, 

 3300 to 3600 feet). 



219. Lygosoma maculatum. 



Lissonota maculata, BIyth, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 653. 

 Mabouia maculata, Giinth. Kept. B. I. p. 84. 

 Hinulia maculata, Theob. Cat. p. 55. 

 Eumeces indicus, part., Giinth. 1. c. p. 89. 

 Lygosoma maculatum, Bouleny. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 242. 



Habit lacertiform ; distance between end of snout and fore limb 

 equals 1-i to 1|- times distance between axilla and groin. Snout 

 short, obtuse ; loreal region nearly vertical. Lower eyelid scaly. 

 Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; no supranasals ; rostral per- 

 fectly flat or a little concave above, largely in contact M'ith the 

 frontonasal, which is broader than long, and forms a narrow 

 suture with the frontal; latter as long as frontoparietals and 

 parietals together, in contact with the two or three anterior 

 supraoculars; 5 large supraoculars, first much longer than second, 

 fifth smallest; 9 or 10 supraciliaries, first and last largest; fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal distinct, former a little longer than 

 latter ; parietals forming a short suture behind the interparietal ; 

 no nuchals ; fifth and sixth upper labials largest and below the 

 eye. Ear-opening oval, smaller than the eye-opening; no auri- 

 cular lobules. 38 or 40 smooth scales round the middle of the 

 body ; dorsals largest, laterals smallest. A pair of large praanals. 



