173 



h. Six to eight supraoculars; 38 — 40 



scales round the body Zl ^'- i'ari(gatum p. 196. 



c. Seven to eight supraoculars; 44 — 46 



scales round the body 38. /-. sarasinoru»t p. 198. 



6. Lygosoma florense M. Weber. 



Lygosoma forensc^ M. Weber, Zool. Ergebn. Reise N. C). -Indian I 1890/91, p. 

 173, pi. XIV, fig. 2, 3. 



Snout short, obtuse; lower eyelid scaly; ear-openinfr large, 

 oval, nearly as large as 

 the eye-opening, with 

 five to six lobules anter- 

 iorly. Nostril in the nasal ; 

 no supranasals; fronto- 

 nasal nearly twice as 

 broad as long, forming 

 a straight, broad suture 

 with the flat rostral; a 

 single anterior loreal; 

 praefrontals in contact; 

 frontal as long as fronto- 

 parietals and interpar- 

 ietal together, in contact 

 with the four anterior 

 supraoculars ; six or seven 

 supraoculars, first a little 

 longer than second; 

 twelve supraciliaries; first 

 largest ; frontoparietals 

 and interparietal sub- 

 equal; parietals in con- 

 tact; no nuchals; fifth 

 and sixth upper labials 

 largest and below the 

 eye. Body with 44 — 50 

 finely striated scales 

 round the middle, dor- 

 sals largest, laterals small- 

 est; the distance between 

 the tip of the snout and 



Fig. 71. Lygosoma Jlorense M. Weber. 

 (After Max Weber). 



the fore limb is contained one time and a half in that between 



