14. JAPALURA. 309 



Total length 316 millim. 



Head 29 



Width of head 18 



Body 82 



Fore limb 53 



Hind limb 90 



Tail 205 



Himalayas. 



a-b. $&hgr. Sikkim. Sir J. Hooker [P. 1 (Types.) 



c, d-e. (S $ . Sikkim. Sir J. Hooker [P.J. (Types of 



Biancia niger.) 

 f. 2 . Sikkim. Messrs. v. Schlagintweit [C.]. 



g.^. Sikkim. T. 0. Jerdoii,Esq. [P.] (Type 



of /. mia'olepis.) 

 hr-i, Yg.- Sikkim. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



k-o. S- Darjeeling. 



P~2- d 5 • Darjeeling. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.l. 



2. Japalura swinhonis. 



Japalura swinhonis, Gilnth. JRept. Bi-it. Ind. p. 133, pi. xiv. fig. B. 



Snout a little longer than the diameter of the orbit ; canthus 

 rostralis sharp ; upper head-scales very small, irregular, keeled ; a 

 small tubercular scale behind the supraciliary edge, and others 

 scattered on the hind part of the head ; eight or nine upper and as 

 many lower labials. Male with a very small gular pouch. A small 

 nuchal crest. Body strongly compressed, covered above and on the 

 sides with small keeled scales intermixed with larger ones ; only the 

 upper dorsal scales have their points directed upwards ; dorsal crest, 

 a very slightly serrated ridge ; ventral scales only a little larger 

 than the gulars, strongly keeled. Limbs above with scales of 

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

 quite as long as third ; the adpressed hind limb reaches the anterior 

 border of the orbit, or between the latter and the tip of the snout ; 

 tibia as long as the skull. Tail compressed, slender, twice and 

 one third to twice and a half as long as head and body, covered 

 above with unequal scales, inferiorly with equal large ones which 

 are larger than the ventrals ; all the caudal scales keeled. Olive- 

 brown above, the back with dark chevron-shaped cross bands ; a 

 light longitudinal band on each side of the back ; head generally 

 dotted with blackish; sides reticulate with brown ; throat greyish, 

 with large white spots ; tail with dark annuli. 



Total length 284 miUim. 



Head 24 „ 



Width of head 16 „ 



Body 62 „ 



Fore limb 43 „ 



Hind limb 72 „ 



Tail ,. 198 „ 



Formosa. 



