CALOTES. 139 



Upper head-scales smooth or very feebly keeled, imbricate, en- 

 larged on supraorbital region ; 3 or 4 small spines above tympanum ; 

 the latter measuring half diameter of orbit. A gular pouch ; lateral 

 gular scales larger than ventrals, smooth. A short oblique fold in 

 front of the shoulder. Dorso-nuchal crest formed of large lanceo- 

 late spines, the longest of which (in the male) equals the diameter 

 of the orbit, gradually decreasing in height on the back ; in the 

 female the dorsal crest is reduced to a very feebly serrated ridge. 

 29 to 35 scales round the middle of the body ; dorsal scales nearly 

 four times as large as ventrals, smooth, pointing backwards and 

 upwards ; ventral scales strongly keeled. The adpressed hind limb 

 reaches the tympanum or slightly beyond ; third and fourth fingers 

 equal. Tail compressed. Green, uniform or with broad black 

 transverse bands on the back ; an orange spot may be present in 

 the centre of each scale within the black bands. 



From snout to vent 5*5 inches ; tail 12-5. 



Hob. Malabar (foot of Cauoot Ghat, near Mauantoddy). 



151. Calotes nemoricola. 



Calotes nemoricola, Jerdon, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 471 ; Theob. 

 Cat. p. 105 ; Boukng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 326. 



Upper head-scales feebly keeled, imbricate, enlarged on supra- 

 orbital region ; 3 or 4 very small spines above the tympanum ; latter 

 measuring not quite half diameter of orbit. A gular pouch ; gular 

 scales larger than ventrals, very feebly keeled. A short oblique 

 fold in front of the shoulder. Nuchal crest formed of large lan- 

 ceolate spines, the largest of which measure three fourths the 

 diameter of the orbit; dorsal crest a mere serrated ridge. 37 to 

 43 scales round the middle of the body ; dorsal scales three times 

 as large as ventrals, squarish, smooth, pointing backwards and up- 

 wards ; ventral scales strongly keeled. The adpressed hind limb 

 hardly reaches the tympanum ; third and fourth fingers equal. Tail 

 compressed. Olive above, with indistinct darker markings ; a 

 black streak from the eye to above the tympanum ; dark lines 

 radiating from the eye ; gular sac pink (in spirit). 



Prom snout to vent 5'5 inches ; tail 12-5. 



Hob. Base of Coonoor Ghat, Nilgiris ; Malabar. 



152. Calotes ceylonensis. 



Calotes mystaceus, var. ceylonensis, F. Miller, Verh. Naturf. Ges. 



Basel, viii, 1887, p. 292, pi. iii. 

 Calotes kelaartii, Nevill, Taprobanian, ii, 1887, p. 134. 



Upper head-scales smooth, imbricate, considerably enlarged on 

 the supraorbital region ; two small spines on each side above the 

 tympanum ; diameter of the tympanum half that of the orbit. No 

 gular sac ; gular scales very strongly keeled, much smaller than 

 dorsals. A few small spines form a short nuchal crest ; no dorsal 



