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length ; the second and fifth are shorter, and equal each other in 
length; the first is the shortest. All the fingers and toes are slightly 
compressed and armed with strong claws. The hind leg reaches 
to the end of the snout, if laid forwards ; the fourth toe is the longest, 
somewhat longer than the third and fifth, which are nearly equal ; 
the second is considerably shorter, and the first is the shortest. 
The ground-colour of the upper parts is dusky-brown or greenish- 
brown, the back being irregularly speckled wlth black ; two of the 
specimens exhibit also some lighter, indistinct spots; the lower 
parts are whitish, the throat is reticulated with greenish ; one spe- 
cimen has the breast dotted with bluish-green. 
’ : inches. lines. 
Total lensth fii. ie. fee abe TE 
Length of the head (to the hinder edge of the 
tympanum) .... 2... ee. ee eee eens 
Greatest width of the head ..........+-+- 
Length of the trunk (to the anus) .......- 
of the tags 22rd. Wel Fae 
of the humerus...... -+..- 0+ eee 
of the fore-arm...... 6... eee eee 
of the fourth finger .........-4++- 
of the first finger ........---- eee: 
of the entire fore extremity ......-. 
of the femur...........-0ee0-+: 
of the lower leg.... 2... ---- e+e 5- 
—— of the foot....:....... ae ae acl SAS 
of the fourth toe .......... +++ 05 
of the fifth toe .......6+.- 0 seeee- 
of the first toe ........----ee-e ee 
— of the entire hinder extremity ...... 
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This genus has a remarkable resemblance in many points to Mi- 
crophractus * (Hopluride), from the Andes ; but there is a generic 
difference in the dentition. The species is named in honour of 
Colonel Sykes. 
Traris eELLiorri, Gthr. (Pl. XXV. fig. B.) 
Diagnosis.—Crest of the nape and of the back exceedingly low, 
formed by a series of larger keeled scales ; neither a longitudinal nor 
a transverse gular fold; a very small detached tubercle behind the 
margin of the upper eyelid, which is not armed ; a series of tubercles 
from above the tympanum, bent towards the nuchal crest. Above 
brownish, uniform or varied with darker. 
Hab. Sikkim, Himalaya, One adult female specimen procured 
in an altitude of 9200 feet is in the Collection. ‘Three other speci- 
mens, from the same country, have been presented to the British 
Museum by Dr. J. Hooker. 
Description.—The head is rather high, with a sharp canthus ros- 
tralis, short snout, and convex upper eyelids; it is covered with 
* Cfr. Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 90. 
