149 



Habifat. — Loo Choo Islands : Okinawa, Miyakoshima, Amami 

 Oshinia, and Kikaiga. 



According to Van Denburgh the specimens from Miyakoshima have 

 the veutials in 8 longitudinal series and no light lateral streak, 

 whilst those from the other islands have the ventrals in 6 series, rarely 

 8, and the light lateral streak is present. 



This is a very sharply defined species, equally remote from T. septen- 

 trionalis and from T. sexlineatus, although occupying a somewhat 

 intermediate position between the two as regards form and lepidosis. 



8. TACHYDROMUS SAUTEEI. 



Tal-ijdromns sauteri. Van Denburgh, Proc. Calif. Ac. (4) iii, 1909, 

 p. 50, and t.c. 1912, p. 251 ; Bouleng. Mem. As. Soc. Beng. v, 1917, 

 p. 225, pi. xlvii, fig. 2. 



Body scarcely depressed. Head twice or nearly twice as long as 

 broad, its depth equal to the distance between the centre of the eye 

 and the tympanum, its length 4 times in length to vent in males, 4i 

 times in females ; snout acutely pointed, with sharp canthus aud 

 nearly vertical loreal region, a little longer than postocular part of 

 head. Pileus 2^ to 2^ times as long as broad. Neck narrower than 

 the head. Hind limb reaching the elbow in females, the axil in males ; 

 foot a little longer than the head. Tail 3^ to 4 times as long as head 

 and body. 



Nostril pierced between 4 or 5 shields. Eostral entering the 

 nostril ; frontonasal longer than broad ; prefrontals forming an 

 extensive suture ; frontal a little shorter than its distance from the 

 end of the snout, 1| times as long as broad, narrower behind than in 

 front ; parietals 1| times as long as broad ; interparietal l^ to 1| 

 times as long as broad, separated from the very small occipital bv the 



