92 SCINCIDJi. 



JEiiprepes olivaceus, Giinth. Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 80, pi. x, fig-. D 



(1864). 

 Lyqosoma olivaceiun, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 251 (1887) ; id. 



Faun. Brit. Ind., Kept. p. 198 (1890) ; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1890, 



p. 874. 



Distance between end of snout and fore limb li to Ih times in 

 the distance between axilla and groin. Limbs well developed, 

 pentadactyle ; the limbs feebly overlap, the hind limb never 

 reaching beyond the wrist. Snout obtusely acuminate ; lower 

 eyelid scaly ; a supranasal, rarely in contact with its fellow ; 

 frontonasal usually in contact with the rostral and frequently also 

 with the frontal ; frontal as long as frontoparietals and inter- 

 parietal together, or a little longer ; four supraoculars ; parietals 

 not meeting behind the interparietal ; fifth labial below the eye. 

 Ear-opening very small. 28 or 30 scales round the body, dorsals 

 with 3 to 9 more or less strong keels. Digits moderate, strongly 

 compressed at the end ; subdigital lamellae smooth, 17 to 20 imder 

 the fourth toe. Olive or olive-brown above, with more or less 

 regular transverse series of pale, dark-edged spots, or traces of 

 (lark cross-bands ; a more or less distinct pale dorso-lateral band 

 on the posterior part of the body, continued on the tail ; lower 

 parts light green. Young with the back and limbs black, the 

 former with pale greenish or yellow narrow cross-bands ; tail 

 brilliant scarlet. 



From snout to vent 110 millim. ; tail 130. 



Tenasserim, Nicobars, Malay Peninsula and Ai'chipelago. 

 Known from Penang, Province Wellesley, Selangor, Singapore, 

 and the Sembilan Islands near the Dindings. 



95. Lygosoma bowringii. 



Eumeces botoringii^ Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 91 (1864). 

 JEiiprepes pimctatostriatus, I'eter.s, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 31. 

 Li/(/oS(>i)in bo2crinqii, Bouleng. Cat. liiz. iii, p. 308, pi. xxiii, fig. 3 

 ■(1887) ; id. P. Z. S. 1897, p. 214; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 650. 

 Lyyosoina tvhiteheadi, Mocquard, Le Natural. 1890, p. 144. 



Distance between end of snout and fore limb li to 2i times in 

 distance between axilla and groin. Limbs well developed but 

 short, pentadactyle, not meeting when pressed against the body. 

 Snout obtuse ; lower eyelid scaly ; supranasals present, in contact 

 behind the rostral ; frontonasal forming a suture with the frontal, 

 which is as long as frontoparietals and interparietal together ; 

 four supraoculars ; parietals forming a suture behind the inter- 

 parietal ; a pair of nuehals ; fifth (rarely fourth) upper labial 

 below the eye, much longer than deep, usually about twice as 

 long as the shield preceding it. Ear-opening small, round. 26 

 to 30 scales round the body, smooth or dorsals indistinctly tri- 

 cariuate. Marginal prseanals a little enlarged. Digits moderate, 

 compressed; fourth toe a little longer thnn third, with 12 to 14 

 feebly keeled lamellse inferiorly. Yellowish brown or olive-brown 



