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LYGOSOMA. 209 



Body elougiite, limbs weak ; distauce betweeu eud of suout and 

 fore limb contaiued 2 to 2| times iu distauce between axilla and 

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

 transparent disk. Supranasals distinct, in contact behind the 

 rostral ; frontonasal much broader than long, forming a suture 

 with the frontal ; pr;efrontals small ; frontal about as long as the 

 frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first 

 and second supraoculars ; 4 supraoculars ; usually 7 supraciliaries ; 

 frontoparietals distinct, usually a little larger than interparietal ; 

 [)arietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; a pair of nuchals 

 and a pair of temporals border the parietals ; fifth upper lal)ial 

 below the eye. Ear-opening small, oval, with one or two small 

 lobules anteriorly. 24 or 26 scales round the middle of the body, 

 all smootli, subequal. Marginal pr;ieauals not, or scarcely enlarged. 

 The fore limb, when stretched forwards, reaches a little beyond the 

 ear ; the length of the hind limb is more than one third of the 

 distance between axilla and groin. Digits feebly compressed ; 

 fourth toe longer than tliird ; subdigital lamellpD feebly unicarinate, 

 11 to 14 under the fourth toe. Tail thick, as long as head and 

 body, or a little longer. Brown or olive above, each scale with a 

 dark brown spot ; these spots sometimes confluent into longitudinal 

 lines ; a more or less marked yellowish streak or baud on each side, 

 beginning on the canthus rostralis ; sides sometimes blackish brown, 

 white-dotted ; lower surfaces yellowish ^A•hite, uniform, or each scale 

 with a black central dot : tail reddish in the young. 



Erom snout to vent 3-5 inches. 



Rah. India, from the base of the Himalayas, rarer in the northern 

 parts ; Ceylon. 



240. Lygosoma guentheri. 



Riopa punctata, Orai/, Ann. X. II. ii, 180!), p. 332 ; T/icub. Cut, p. 64. 

 Eiuneces puiictatus, (libith. Itcpf. B. I. p. !)3. 



Eumeces gueutheri, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. Natnrf. Freunde, 1879, p. 36. 

 Lygosoma guentlicri, Buulcnf/. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 311. 



Body nuich elongate, limbs weak ; distauce between end of snout 

 and fore limb contained about three times in distance betweeu 

 axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with an 

 undivided transparent disk. Supranasals present, in contact behind 

 the rostral : frontonasal much broader than long, forming a suture 

 with ibe frontal ; pra^frontals small and widely separated ; frontal 

 usually as long as frontoparietals and interpaiietal together or a 

 little longer, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; 

 4 supraoculars ; 6 to 8 supraciliaries, first and last largest ; fronto- 

 parietals distinct, usually larger than the interparietal ; parietals 

 forming a suture behind the interparietal : a pair of nuchals and a 

 pair of temporals border tlie parietals ; usually, fifth upper labial 

 below the eye. Ear-opening small, roundish or oval. 24 or 26 

 scales round the middle of the body, all smooth, subequal. Mar- 

 ginal prfieanals not or scarcely enlarged. The fore limb, when 



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