82 SCINCID^. 



Genus MABUIA. 

 Fitzluger, N. Class. Rept. p. 23 (1826). 



Palatine bones in contact mesially ; palatal notch separating 

 entirely the pterygoids. Movable eyelids; ear distinct, tympanum 

 more or less deeply sunk. Nostril in a single nasal; supranasals, 

 praefrontals, and frontoparietals present. Limbs well developed, 

 pentadactyle; digits subcylindrical or compressed, with transverse 

 lamellae beneath. 



{'^Africa and Madagascar, Southern Asia, Central and South 

 America, and AVest Indies. 



Malay name, Benffl-aroiig. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Dorsal scales with 5 to 11 strong keels. 



32 scales round the body, dorsals with 

 » 9 to n keels (3 median strong) ; 2 or 3 



lobules in front of the ear M, Jiovemcarinata, p. 82. 



26 to 30 scales round the body, dorsals 



with 5 to 7 keels ; ear nearly as large 



as a lateral scale, with or without very 



indistinct lobules anteriorly : anterior loreal 



deeper than second M, maciilaria, p. 83. 



56 scales round the body, dorsals with 5 



keels ; ear very small, with projecting 



granules all round; anterior loreal not 



■deeper than second M. rugifera, p. 83. 



II. Dorsal scales without or with 2 or 3 



(rarely 5) keels. 

 •30 to 34 (usually 32) scales round the body, 



dorsals with 3 (rarely 6) keels; ear with 3 



to 5 short lobules M. multifasciatn, p. 84. 



26 to 30 (usually 28) scales round the 



body, dorsals smooth or with 2 or 3 



keels ; ear without lobules M. simnensis, p. 84. 



81. Mabuia novemcarinata. 



Euprepes jiovemearinatus, Anders. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xl, p. 12 



(1871). 

 Mabuia novemcarinata, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 179 (1887) ; 



S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 873. 



No postnasal ; anterior loreal not deeper than second ; supra- 

 nasals in contact behind the rostral ; frontonasal in contact with 

 the frontal ; four supraoculars, six supraciliaries ; interparietal 

 entirely separating the parietals ; 4 labials anterior to the sub- 

 ocular. Ear-opening roundish or oval, nearly as large as a lateral 

 scale, with 2 or H small lobules anteriorly. 32 scales round the 

 body, dorsals with 9 to 11 keels. The hind limb reaches the wrist 

 of the adpressed fore limb. Olive-brown above, with blackish 



