204 



SCT>'CID.5;. 



Bronzy brown above, lighter on the limit of the hlackish-broA^Ti 

 colour which covers the sides of the head and body ; sometimes a 

 blackish vertebral line ; limbs dark brown ; lower sufaces dark 

 brown or bronzy olive, the scales edged with darker. 



From snout to vent 2-25 inches. 



ITah. Travancore Hills and Wynaad, S. India. 



231. Lygosoma travancoriciim. 



Mocoa travankorica, part., Beddome^ Madras Jovru. Med, So. 1870 ; 



Theob. Cat. p. 58. 

 Lygosoma travancoricum, Boitlenrj. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 201, pi. xviii, 

 'tig. 4. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between end of snout and fore 

 limb equals or slightly exceeds the distance between axilla and 

 groin in the young, and is contained 1^ to It- times in the adult and 

 halfgrown. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided 

 transparent disk. Xostril pierced in the nasal ; no supranasal ; 

 frontonasal broader than long, forming a sutiu'e with the rostral 

 and with the frontal ; latter shield as long as or shorter than 

 frontoparietal and interparietal together, in contact with the first 

 and second supraoculars ; 4 supraoculars, second largest ; 7 or 8 

 supraciliaries ; frontoparietal single, longer than the interparietal ; 

 parietals forming a snture behind the interparietal ; 3 or 4 pairs 

 of nuchals ; fifth, or rarely fourth, upper labial entering the orbit. 

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

 projecting lobules or granules. 22 or 24 smooth scales round the 

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

 enlarged pra'anals. The adpressed limbs meet or slightly overlap 

 in the adult. Digits subeylindrical ; subdigital lamella) smooth, 

 18 to 24 under the fourth toe. Tail If to 1| times length of 

 head and body. Bronzy brown or olive above, lighter on the 

 limit of the blackish-brown sides ; back uniform, or with scattered 

 blackish dots, or \\ith a blackish vertebi-al line ; \o\\ev part of 

 sides black-spotted ; limbs dark brown ; lower snrfaces dark grey 

 or oli\e. 



From snont to vent 2-4 inches. 



Hah. Hills of Southern India (Wynaad, Travancore, Palni, 

 Sivagiri Grhat). 



232. Lygosoma macrotympanum. 



Mocoa maerotympamnii, Stoticzha, J. A. S. B. xlii, 1873, p. 160, 

 Lygosoma macrotympauum, Boulenr/, Cat. Lk. iii, p. ^O-j. 



Body moderately slender. Snout rather attenuated and prolonged. 

 Lower eyelid with an uudi^ ided transparent disk. Nostril pierced 

 in the nasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal in contact with the 

 rostral, posteriorly just touching the fronial : 4 supraoculars ; 

 frontoparietal single ; interparietal distinct ; parietals forming a 

 suture behind the interparietal : 4 pairs of nuclials ; fifth upper 



