112 Lacertidie. 



uf the frontal ; snout olitiisely pointed, 1;^, times as lont,^ as the post- 

 ocular part of the head, with rather sharp canthus and scarcely 

 concave loreal region ; nasals feebly swollen. Pileus twice as lonj^ as 

 broad. Neclc narrower than the head. The hind limb reaches the 

 collar; foot \\ to It, times as long as the head ; fourth toe, from the 

 base of the fifth, as long as the head. Tail 1;; times as long as 

 head and body. 



Upper head-shields convex, smooth or slightly rugose. Suture 

 between the nasals 7 the length of the frontonasal, which is a little 

 broader than long and broader than the internarial space ; prefrontals 

 a little longer than liroad, forming an extensive median suture ; 

 frontal shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, If to If 

 times as long as broad, rounded in front, narrow behind ; parietals as 

 long as broad, or slightly broader than long, outer l)order concave. 



3 or 4 large supraoculars, first shorter than second, fourth small or 

 replaced bv granules ; 5 or 6 superciliaries, first longest and in contact 

 with the first supraocular, the others separated from the supraoculars 

 bv a series of granules. Anterior loreal shorter than second ; 4 upper 

 labials to below the centre of the eye, the fourth the longest ; subocular 

 sharply keeled below the eye and forming an angle wedged in between 

 the fourth and fifth upper labials. A strongly keeled upper temporal, 

 followed by one or two smaller shields ; temporal scales granular, 

 smooth, upper very small, lower large ; a narrow tympanic shield ; 



4 pointed scales forming a denticulation in front of the ear-opening. 



5 pairs of chin-shields, the three first in contact in the middle. 

 28 or 29 imbricate gular scales in a straight line between the symphysis 

 of the chin-shields and the median collar-plate, enlarged towards the 

 collar. Collar free, curved, composed of 10 or 11 plates. 



Scales granular and smooth or feebly keeled on the nape, rhombic 

 and strongly keeled on the body, larger and subimbricate towards the 

 tail, a little smaller on the sides ; 48 to 50 scales across the middle of 

 the body, 18 to 20 in a transverse series between the hind limbs. 

 Ventral plates tessellated, forming angular ti'ansverse series, as long- 

 as broad, or slightly broader than long ; 29 or 30 transverse series, 

 the longest containing 16 plates. Preanal plates small and irregular 

 in the female ; male with a median series of three transversely enlarged 

 plates. 



18 to 23 femoral pores on each side, the two series narrowly separated 

 in the middle. Fingers feebly serrated, with 4 series of scales ; toes 

 more strongly serrated, especially on the outer side of the fourth, the 

 denticles of which are a little shorter than the diameter of the toe ; 

 19 to 23 strongly uuicarinate lamellae under the fourth toe. 



