LTGOSOMA. 195 



/3'. Distance between end of snout 

 and fore limb contained at 

 least twice and a half in dis- 

 tance between axilla and 



groin L. cyanellum, p. 210. 



/3. Fore limb does not reach ear ; 



3rd and 4th toes equal L. anffuinum, p. 211. 



b". Frontoparietal single. 



a. Hind limb with 5 toes L. calamus, p. 211. 



(3. Hind limb with 4 toes L. lineatum, p. 212. 



217. Lygosoma indicum. 



Ilinulia indica, Gray, A.M.N. H. (2) xii, 1853, p. 388; Theob. Cat. 



p. 54. 



Eumeces indicus, part., Giinth. Hept. B. I. p. 89. 

 Lygosoma indicum, Bouleny. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 241, pi. xvi. fig. 1. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb contained 1 to lj? times in the distance be- 

 tween axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse; loreal region nearly 

 vertical. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal, or 

 between a nasal and a postnasal ; no snpranasal : rostral convex, 

 largely in contact with the frontonasal, which is broader than long, 

 and forms a narrow suture with the frontal ; the latter as long as 

 frontoparietal and parietals together, in contact with the first, 

 second, and third supraoculars ; 4 large supraoculars, followed by 

 2 very small ones ; first supraocular not much longer than second ; 

 9 or iO supraciliaries, first largest ; froutoparietals and interparie- 

 tal distinct, former a little longer than latter ; parietals forming a 

 short suture behind the interparietal ; no nuchals ; fifth and sixth 

 upper labials largest and below the eye. Ear-opening oval, smaller 

 than eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 36 or 38 smooth scales 

 round the middle of the body, laterals smallest. A pair of large 

 prsoanals. When the limbs are pressed against the body, the hind 

 limb reaches the elbow or not quite so far. Digits rather elongate, 

 compressed ; subdigital lamellae smooth or obtusely keeled, 17 to 

 20 under the fourth toe. Tail almost twice as long as head and 

 body. Brown or olive above, uniform or with scattered darker 

 dots ; sides of head and body dark brown, light-margined above ; 

 usually with large light spots ; lower surface whitish. 



From snout to vent 3*5 inches ; tail 6. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas (common at Darjeeling), hills of Assam 

 and Burma. 



218. Lygosoma zebratum. 



Lygosoma zebratum, Bottlenff. Ann. Mus, Genova, (2) v. 1887, p. 478, 

 pi. vii. fig. 1. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb contained 1| to If times in the distance be- 

 tween axilla and groin in the adult, scarcely more than once in the 

 young. Snout short, obtuse ; loreal region nearly vertical. Lower 



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