13. ACANTHOSATJRA. 14. JAPALTJEA. 307 



series of larger ones bordering inwards the supraorbital region ; a 

 conical tubercle behind the supraciliary edge ; an oblique transverse 

 row of conical ribbed tubercles on each side, bordering the head 

 posteriorly ; five or six upper and as many lower labials ; gular 

 scales smaller than ventrals, indistinctly keeled ; a conical tubercle 

 below the tympanum. Oblique fold in front of the shoulders very 

 indistinct. Body not, or but very slightly, compressed. Nuchal 

 and dorsal crests continuous, reduced to a series of enlarged strongly 

 keeled scales ; another parallel series of enlarged scales on each side 

 of the nape, lost a short distance beyond the shoulder. Dorsal scales 

 very irregular, scarcely imbricate, smooth or feebly keeled ; strongly 

 enlarged keeled scales are scattered on the flanks, and frequently 

 others form angular series across the back ; ventral scales as large 

 as the enlarged dorsals, feebly keeled. Limbs above with unequal 

 strongly keeled scales ; fourth finger longer than third ; the ad- 

 pressed hind limb reaches the eye or the tip of the snout. Tail not 

 compressed, twice to twice and a half as long as head and body, 

 covered with rather unequal keeled scales. Brownish-grey or blue 

 above, uniform or with angular brown markings on the back ; lateral 

 nuchal denticulation brown-edged ; lower surfaces uniform whitish 

 or with small black dots. 



Total length 162 millim. 



Head 14 „ 



Width of head 10-5 „ 



Body 38 „ 



Fore limb 27 „ 



Hind limb 46 „ 



Tail 110 „ 



Eastern Himalaya. 



a. 2 • Sikkim. Messrs. v. Schlagintweit [C.]. ) (Types of 



b-d. S 2 ' Sikkim. Sir J. Hooker [P.]. | Tians eUioiti.) 



e-f. <S 2 . Sikkim. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.~ 



g-i. 6 2 • Sikkim. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P. 



k. (S . Darjeeling. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



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14. JAPALURA. 



Japalura, Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (2) xii. 1853, p. 387 j Gunth. 



Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 132. 

 Biancia, Gray, I. c. 

 Diploderma, Hallow, Proc. Ac, Philad. 1860, p. 490. 



Tympanum hidden. Body compressed. Dorsal scales hetero- 

 geneous. A dorsal crest. Gular pouch small or absent. An oblique 

 fold in front of the shoulder ; gular fold present or absent. Tail 

 feebly compressed. No praeanal or femoral pores. 



East Indies ; Southern China. 



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