226 



the supraocular region, in contact with the first and second 

 supraoculars; four supraoculars; seven supraciliaries; fronto- 

 parietal single, large; interparietal distinct; parietals in contact 

 behind the latter; no nuchals ; first upper labial largest, fifth 



Fig. 85. Lygosoma chalcides (L.). 



below the centre of the eye. Body very long and slender; 

 the distance between the tip of the snout and the fore limb 

 is contained four or five times in that between axilla and 

 groin ; 24 or 26 smooth, equal scales round the middle ; prae- 

 anals not or slightly enlarged. Tail thick, as long as head 

 and body or' a little shorter. Limbs very weak, the fore limb 

 reaches about halfway from the ear, the hind limb is as long 

 as the head from the tip to the end of the parietals; digits 

 very short, equal. 



Light brown above, with dark brown longitudinal Hnes between 

 the scales. Lower parts lighter, uniform or also with brown 

 lines. Length of head and body 96 mm. ; tail 96 mm. 



Nom. in dig: Oelar berkaki or bengkarong (mal.). 



Habitat: Sumatra ! ; Java (Batavia ! , Buitenzorg ! , Semarang!, 

 Ngawi); Saleyer!. — Malacca; Siam ; S. China; Philippines. 



65. Lygosoma sumatrense (Blkr.). 



Chelomeles snmatrensis^ Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. XX i860, p. 328. 

 Chclomeks sumatrensis^ Gilnthcr, Ann. Nat. Hist. (4) XII 1873, p. 146. 

 Lygosoma sitmatre/ise^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Ill 1887, p. 342, pi. XXVIII fig. 2. 



Snout short; lower eyelid scaly; ear covered. Nostril in the 



