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Genus TROPIDOPHOEUS, 

 Dum. & Bibr. Erp. G<§n. v, p. 554, 1839, 



Palatine and pterygoid bones in contact on the middle line of the 

 palate, wliich is toothless. Teeth conical. Eyelids well developed, 

 scaly. Tympanum distinct, superficial. Nostril pierced in a snigle 

 nasal ; no suprauasals ; prjcfrontals well developed ; frontoparietal 

 present, single or double ; interparietal distinct. Limbs well 

 developed, pentadactyle ; digits cyliudrical, with transverse lamelloe 

 beneath. 



Distrihution. Burma, Southern China, Cochin China, Philippine 

 Islands, Borneo. A genus of 8 species. 



Sijiiojj^ls of Burmese /Species. 



3G to 40 scales round middle of body, dorsals 



keeled ' T. herdmorii, p. 217. 



32 to 34 scales round middle uf body, all smooth 



in the adult T. yunnanensis, p. 217. 



252. Tropidophorus berdmorii. 



Aspris berdmorei, Bbjth, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. G51. 

 Tropidophorus berdmorei, Thcoh. Cat. p. 48; Boulenfj. Cat. Liz, iii, 

 p. 3(52. 



Upper head-shields smooth ; a single frontonasal, longer than 

 broad ; prtefrontals forming a short median suture, or their inner 

 augles meeting ; frontal as long as frontoparietals and interparietal 

 together ; 4 supraoculars, first longest ; or 7 supraciliaries, 

 anterior to the fourth supraocular, w hich borders the eye ; fronto- 

 parietals shorter than the interparietal ; parietals foiuning a suture 

 behind the interparietal ; fourth upper labial largest and entering 

 the orbit ; an azygos postmental. Tympanum ]iearly as lai'ge as 

 the eye-opening. '^^Q to 40 scales round the middle of the body, 

 laterals smallest, dorsals and laterals keeled, not mucronate, ventrals 

 smooth. A pair of large pra\anals. The hind limb reaches the 

 wrist. Subdigital lauielhv smooth. Tail compressed, a little longer 

 than head and body, scaled like the body. Brown above, back and 

 tail with yellowish, dark-edged irregular cross bars or alternating 

 spots ; sides with a series of more or less distinct whitish, black- 

 edged round spots; lips dark brown, with whitish spots or vertical 

 lines ; belly yellowish, lower surface of tail, and often also the 

 throat, variegated with dark brown. 



Prom snout to vent ti-5 inches ; tail '6'b. 



Hah. Pegu, Tenasserim. 



253. Tropidophorus yiinnanensis, 



Tropidophorus berdmorei (;non BJij h), Anders. An. Zool. lies. 



Yunnan, p. 7t>0, pi. Ixxvi, fig. 3. 

 Tropidophorus yunnanensis, Boideny. Cat, Liz. iii, p, 302. 



