MABUIA. 



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Snout moderate, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril behind 

 vertical of suture between rostral and first labial ; no postnasal ; 

 anterior loreal usually shorter and deeper than the second, in con- 

 tact with the first labial ; frontonasal broader than long, usually in 



Fig. 56. — Mahuia carinafa. 



contact with the rostral, and frequently also with the frontal ; 

 latter as long as the frontoparietals and interparietal together or 

 shorter, in contact with the second supraocular (rarely also with 

 the first) ; 4 supraoculars, second largest ; usually 6 supraciliaries, 

 first largest ; frontoparietals distinct, larger than the interparietal, 

 which entirely separates the parietals ; a pair of nuchals ; 4 labials 

 anterior to the subocular, which is large and not narrower below. 

 Ear-opening roundish, subtriangular, as large as a lateral scale or 

 smaller, without or with a few very indistinct lobules anteriorly. 

 Dorsal, nuchal, and lateral scales more or less strongly tri- or 

 quinquecarinate ; 30 to 34 scales round the middle of the body, 

 subequal. The hind limb reaches the wrist or the elbow of the 

 adpressed fore limb. Subdigital lamellje smooth. Scales on upper 

 surface of tibia mostly bicarinate. Tail Ij to 14 times length of 

 head and body. Brown or olive-brown above, uniform or with 

 small black spots or longitudinal lines ; sides darker, with or \\ ithout 

 lighter spots ; a light dorso-lateral band begins on the supraciliaries ; 

 lower surfaces yellowish (in spirit). In the breeding-season males 

 have a scarlet band from the shoulder to the thigh. 



From snout to vent 5 inches ; tail 9*5. 



Hah. India, Ceylon, Burma ; very common. 



212. Mabuia macularia. 



Euprepes maciilarius, BIyth, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 652; Theob. 



Cat. p. 49 ; Murr. Zool. Sind, p. 351. 

 Tiliqua multicarinata {non Gray), Jerdon, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, 



p. 479, footnote. 

 Euprepes rufescens, part., Giinth. Rept. B. L p. 79. 



