130 AGAMIBiE. 



138. Japalura variegata. 



Japalura variegata, Gi-ay, A. M. N. H. (2) xii, p. 388 ; Giinth. Iicpt. 



B. I. p. 183 ; Thcoh. Cat. p. 101 ; Bouleug. Cat. Liz. i, p. 308, 



pi. xxiv, fig. 1. 

 Biancia niger, Gray, I. c. p. 387. 

 Japalura uiicrolepis, Jcrdo/i, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 76. 



8nout a little longer than diameter of orbit ; canthus rostralis 

 sliarp ; upper head-scales irregular, sharply keeled ; a small tuber- 

 cular scale behind the supraciliary edge ; other scattered conical 

 scales ou the hind part of the head ; 9 to 11 up]:)er and as many 

 lower labials. Male with a very small gular pouch. A well- 

 developed nuchal crest. Body compressed, covered above and on 

 the sides with small keeled scales intermixed with larger ones, all 

 having their points obliquely directed upwards and backwards ; 

 dorsal crest a slight serrated ridge ; ventral scales as large as the 

 largest dorsals, strongly keeled. Limbs above with scales of 

 irregular size ; third and fourth fingers nearly equal ; fifth toe not 

 quite so long as third; the adpressed hind limb reaches the eye; 

 tibia shorter than the skull. Tail compressed, slender, 1| to 1| 

 times as long as head and body, covered above with unequal scales, 

 beneath with equal larger ones, the size of which does not exceed, 

 that of the ventral s ; all the caudal scales keeled. Olive-brown 

 above, generally with alternating broad dark and narrower light 

 chevron-shaped bands ou the body ; flanks reticulated ; a more 

 or less distinct light baud on the upper lip and along each side 

 of the neck ; tail with dark anuuli ; middle of the throat generally 

 black. 



Prom snout to vent 4*3 inches ; tail 8. 



Ilab. Sikhim and Eastern Bengal. 



139. Japalura planidorsata. 



Japalura planidorsata, Jcrdon, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 76 ; Tlieob. Cat. 

 p. lOii; Boulciig. Cat. Liz. i, p. 311, pi. xxiv, fig. 2. 



Snout not or scarcely longer than diameter of orbit ; canthus 

 rostralis sharp ; u])per head-scales irregular, sharply keeled, the 

 largest on the supraorbital region ; a few conical scales on the 

 Innder border of the head ; 9 or 10 upper and as many lower 

 labials. Body subquadrangular, the back being plane, bordered bv 

 a slight ridge of enlarged scales on each side ; dorsal and lateral 

 scales very irregular, keeled, i)itermixed with enlarged ones which 

 on the back form 5 angular transverse series, with the angle directed 

 backwards ; a very slight serrated vertebral ridge ; ventral scales 

 as large as the largest dorsals, strongly keeled. Limbs above with 

 scales of irregular size ; fourth finger longer than third; fifth toe 

 as long as third ; the adpressed liind limb reaches the eye or a 

 little beyond the tip of the snout; tibia as long as, or slightly 



