328 nUllilA, ITS PEOPLE ASD pnoDUcrioxs. 



the rcsemblanco in other respects of these smooth lizards is so complete that tlicy can 

 only bo rcfrardcd as a local race, and not a distinct species. 



This lizard differs from all others of tlic same family in its hahit of readily 

 entering water. The specimens captured by myself in Tenasscrim -n-cre taken 

 beneatli stones and amongst the gravel of a stream bed, in which the water was close 

 to the surface, and into which water the lizards readily entered when endeavouring 

 to escape from ])ursuit, beneath the submerged stones, which seemed to be their 

 habitual .sheltering place. 



EuPREPEs, Wagler. 



Each scale of back with sevei'al keels. Tail rounded. 



a. Lower eijcltd acaly. 



E. c.vEiNATCs, Sehneid. 



Scales 3 or 5, keeled. Colour rich olive bi'owu or bronze, with a pale lateral 

 stripe. Often black dotted. Belly yellow or silvery. Seasonably bright red. 

 Viviparous. 



Common throughout Burma. Grows to twenty inches in the Andamans, but is 

 not usually found elsewhere more than twelve, of which the tail is more than half. 



E. MACUXAEius, Blyth. 



Scales 5 or 7, keeled. A smaller and more slender species than the last. Does 

 not exceed seven and a half inches. Oviparous. 

 E. NovEM-c.iEiNATUs, Andcrsou. 



Scales 9, keeled. Grows to seven inches. 

 Inhabits Upper Bm-ma. 



E. RUGIFERA, Stol. 



Fore limbs feeble, reaching to the front edge of the eye. Nostril large. Two 

 loreals and five occipitals. Scales on the back strongly 5-kecled. 8 rows on the 

 belly, smooth. Dark brown, paler on the head. Two side streaks anteriorly. Belly 

 yellowish, with a greenish tinge. 



Inhabits Kamorta. 



E. OLIVACEUS, Gray. 



Scales with 3 or more slight keels. Colour brown. Aliout 12 black transverse 

 streaks, each black scale with a white spot. Below greenish oUve. Tail scarlet 

 (below?). 



Inhabits the Nicobars and the Malayan Peninsula. 



Section B. Scales smooth. 



HiNULiA, Grinj. 



Supranasal none. Lower eyelid scaly. 



H. Indica, Gray. 



Colour bronze brown. Sides dark banded, below white. Scales between fore 

 and hind limb in forty-si.x rows. Grows to ten inches. 

 Burma. 



H. MACULATA. 



Colour pale bronze browTi, with ten series of black dots. Sides dark-banded, 

 below white. Scales between fore and hind limbs in ninety-six rows. Grows to 

 over seven inches. 



Pegu, Martaban, the Andamans. 



MocoA, Gray. 



Supranasals none. Lower eyelid with a transparent disk. 



