TBOPIDOPHOBUS. 217 



Genus TROPIDOPHORUS, 

 Dum. & Bibr. Erp. G6u. v, p. 554, 1839. 



Palatine and pterygoid bones in contact on the middle line of the 

 palate, which is toothless. Teeth conical. Eyelids well developed, 

 scaly. Tympanum distinct, superficial. Nostril pierced in a single 

 nasal ; no supranasals ; praefrontals well developed ; f rontoparietal 

 present, single or double; interparietal distinct. Limbs well 

 developed, peutadactyle ; digits cylindrical, with transverse lamellae 

 beneath. 



Distribution. Burma, Southern China, Cochin China. Philippine 

 Islands, Borneo. A genus of 8 species. 



Synopfit of Bumnese Species. 



36 to 40 scales round middle of body, dorsals 



keeled T. berdmorii, p. 217. 



32 to 34 scales round middle of body, all smooth 



in the adult : . . T. yunnanensis, p. 217. 



252. Tropidophorus berdmorii. 



Aspris berdmorei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 651. 

 Tropidophorus berdmorei, Theob. Cat. p. 48 ; Boukng. Cat. Liz. iii, 

 p. 362. 



Upper head-shields smooth ; a single frontonasal, longer than 

 " ; praefrontals forming a short median suture, or their inner 

 angles meeting ; frontal as long as frontoparietals and interparietal 

 together ; 4 supraoculars, first longest ; 6 or 7 supraciliaries, 

 anterior to the fourth supraocular, which borders the eye ; fronto- 

 parietals shorter than the interparietal ; parietals forming a suture 

 behind the interparietal ; fourth upper labial largest and entering 

 the orbit ; an azygos postmental. Tympanum nearly as large as 

 the eye-opening. 36 to 40 scales round the middle of the body, 

 laterals smallest, dorsals and laterals keeled, not mucronate, ventrals 

 smooth. A pair of large praeaiials. The hind limb reaches the 

 wrist. Subdigital lamellae smooth. Tail compressed, a little longer 

 than head and body, scaled like the body. Brown above, back and 

 tail with yellowish, dark-edged irregular cross bars or alternating 

 spots ; sides with a series of more or less distinct whitish, black- 

 edged round spots; lips dark brown, with whitish spots or vertical 

 lines ; belly yellowish, lower surface of tail, and often also the 

 throat, variegated with dark brown. 



Prom snout to vent 3-5 inches ; tail 3-5. 



Hab. Pegu, Tenasserim. 



broad 



253. Tropidophorus yunnanensis. 



Tropidophorus berdmorei (non Ely h), Anders, An. Zool. Res. 



Yunnan, p. 796, pi. Ixxvi, fig. 3. 

 Tropidophorus yunnanensis, Boideng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 362. 



