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138. Japalura variegata. 



Japalura variegata, Gray, A. M. N. H. (2) xii, p. 388 ; Giinth. Kept. 



B. I. p. 1:33; Theob. Cat. p. 101; Bouleng, Cat. Liz. i, p. 308, 



pi. xxiv, fig. 1. 



Biancia niger, Gray, 1. c. p. 387. 

 Japalura microlepis, Jerdon, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 76. 



Snout a little longer than diameter of orbit ; canthus rostralis 

 sharp ; upper head-scales irregular, sharply keeled ; a small tuber- 

 cular scale behind the supraciliary edge ; other scattered conical 

 scales on the hind part of the head; 9 to 11 upper and as many 

 lower labials. Male with a very small gular pouch. A well- 

 developed nuchal crest. Body compressed, covered above and on 

 the sides with small keeled scales intermixed with larger ones, all 

 having their points obliquely directed upwards and backwards ; 

 dorsal crest a slight serrated ridge ; ventral scales as large as the 

 largest dorsals, strongly keeled. Limbs above with scales of 

 irregular size ; third and fourth fingers nearly equal ; fifth toe not 

 quite so long as third ; the adpressed hind limb reaches the eye ; 

 tibia shorter than the skull. Tail compressed, slender, 1| to 1| 

 times as long as head and body, covered above with unequal scales, 

 beneath with equal larger ones, the size of which does not exceed 

 that of the ventral s ; all the caudal scales keeled. Olive-brown 

 above, generally with alternating broad dark and narrower light 

 chevron-shaped bands 011 the body; flanks reticulated; a more 

 or less distinct light band on the upper lip and along each side 

 of the neck ; tail with dark annuli ; middle of the throat generally 

 black. 



From snout to vent 4-3 inches ; tail 8. 



Hob. Sikhim and Eastern Bengal. 



139. Japalura planidorsata. 



Japalura planidorsata, Jerdon, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 76 ; Theob. Cat. 

 p. 102; Boulvig. Cat. Liz. i, p. 311, pi. xxiv, fig. 2. 



Snout not or scarcely longer than diameter of orbit ; canthus 

 rostralis sharp ; upper head-scales irregular, sharply keeled, the 

 largest on the supraorbital region; a few conical scales on the 

 hinder border of the head ; 9 or 10 upper and as many low r er 

 labials. Body subquadrangular, the back being plane, bordered by 

 a slight ridge of enlarged scales on each side ; dorsal and lateral 

 scales very irregular, keeled, intermixed with enlarged ones which 

 on the back form 5 angular transverse series, with the angle directed 

 backwards ; a very slight serrated vertebral ridge ; ventral scales 

 as large as the largest dorsals, strongly keeled. Limbs above with 

 scales of irregular size ; fourth finger longer than third ; fifth toe 

 as long as third ; the adpressed hind limb reaches the eye or a 

 little beyond the tip of the snout ; tibia as long as, or slightly 



