LYGOSOMA. 



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Body elongate; distance between end of snont and fore limb 

 contained If to 2 times in distance between axilla and groin in 

 tbe adult, 1 1 in the young. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid 

 with an nnd~ivided transparent disk. Nostril pierced in the nasal : 

 no supranasal ; frontonasal broader tlian long, forming a suture 

 with the rostral and with the frontal: latter shield as long as the 

 frontoparietals and interparietals together or slightly longer, in 

 contact with the first and second supraoculars ; 4 supraoculars, 

 second largest ; G or 7 supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and inter- 

 parietal distinct, usually suhecpial : parietals Forming a suture 

 behind the interparietal ; 4 to 5 pairs of nuchals ; fifth upper 

 labial entering the orbit. Ear-opening roundish, a little smaller 

 than the eye-opening, with two projecting granules on its anterior 

 border. 22 or 24 smooth scales round the middle of the body, 

 dorsals largest, laterals smallest. 4 large pra^anals, much longer 

 than broad, pointed behind in the male. The ad pressed limbs are 

 widely separated in tlie adult, slightly overlap in the young. 

 Digits subcylindrical ; subdigital lamelhc smooth, 16 to 21 under 

 the fourth toe. Tail 1| to 14 times as long as head and body. 

 Bronzy olive or brown above ; a black streak on each side, from 

 above the ear to the base of the tail ; usually another finer black 

 streak on each side along the back ; small black dots on the sides of 

 the head, and usually also below the lateral streak- : lower surfaces 

 greenish. 



From snout to vent 2*2 inches, 



//ah. Xilo-ii-i Hills, S. India. 



230. Lygosoma beddomii. 



Mocoa travaukorica, part., BedfJome, Madras Jon ni. Med. <S'c. 1870; 



r/ieob. Cat.^. oS. 

 Lygosoma beddomii, Uoiilen;/. C<d. Li::, ill, p. l^fil, pi. xviii, fig. 3. 



The distance between the end of the snout and the fore limb 

 contained Ig to If tiiues in the distance between axilla and groin. 

 Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent 

 disk. Nostril pierced in tbe nasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal 

 broader than long, forming a suture with the rostral and with 

 the frontal ; latter shield as long as the frontoparietals and 

 interparietal together, in contact A\ith the first and second 

 supraoculars ; 4 supraoculars, second largest and touching the 

 supraciliary margin, as sometimes the third does also ; 5 to 7 

 supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, longer than the inter- 

 parietal : parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; 3 

 or 4 pairs of nuchals ; fifth upper labial entering the orbit. Ear- 

 opening oval, much smaller than the eye-opening, without pro- 

 jecting lobules or granules. 20 or 22 smooth scales round the 

 middle of the body, dorsals largest, laterals smallest. A pair of 

 feebly enlarged pra^anals, not much longer than broad. The 

 adpressed limbs just meet in the adult, overlap in the young. 

 Digits subcylindrical; subdigital lamella^ smooth, 17 or IS under 

 the fourth toe. Tail If times the length of head and body. 



