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EUBLEPHARID^. 



broad bands across tlie back, the anterior broadest, and three 

 round the tail ; the Latter borders the upper lip and extends as a 

 horseshoe-shaped band to the other side, passing across the neck ; it 

 also occupies the interspace between the dorsal and caudal brown 

 bands, which are by far the widest ; lower surfaces white. 



Total length S inches. 



Hah. Bengal, Central and Southern India. 



113. Euhlepharis macularius. 



Cyrtodactylusmacularius, Bh)t]t, J. A. S. B. xxiii, 1854, p. 738. 

 Eiiblepharis fasciolatus, Giinth. A. M. N, H. (3) xiv, 1864, p. 42.9. 

 Eiiblephai'is macularius, Tltenb. Cut. p. 94 ; Murray, Zool. Sind, 



p. .'iUn ; BdnleiKj. Cat. Liz. i, p. '2'V2. 

 Eublepbaris hardwickii {nun Gray)^ Murray, I. c. 





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Fig. 33. — Euhlepharis macularius. 



Differs from the preceding by the smaller and less numerous 

 tubercles, the granular interspaces being as wide as the iubercles 

 themselves ; these are subconical or slightly keeled. Body and 

 digits rather more elongate ; 9 to 14 pra^anal pores in the male. 

 Young with five chestnut-brown transverse bands from head to 

 sacrum, slightly broader than their interspaces, which are whitish, 

 and similar bands forming rings on the tail. In the adult these 

 bands usually become more indistinct, and the head and body are 

 spotted or largely vermiculated M'ith chestnut-bro\\n and whitish ; 

 ni some, only the brown edges of the dorsal bands remain. 



Total length 8 inches ; grows to nearly a foot long, according to 

 Theobald. 



Hah. Punjab and Sind ; also recently found in the ruins of 

 Nineveh. 



Both this and the preceding species are regarded as highly 

 poisonous by the natives, and the name " Bis-Cobra " is often 

 applied to them ; (though more commonly used for young Varani). 



