12. opHiops. ^ 7J 



B, Upper head-shields smooth or feebly rugose. 



Supraoculars in contact with the supra- 



ciliaries ; 26 to 30 scales round the 



middle of the body, ventrals included ; 



7 to 10 femoral pores on each side .... 3. occidentalis, p. 75. 

 Supraoculars separated from the supracili- 



aries by a series of granules ; 30 to 40 



scales round the body ; 7 to 12 femoral 



pores 4. elegans, p. 75. 



Supraoculars separated from the supracili- 



aries by a series of granules ; 42 to 46 



scales round the body ; 12 to 14 femoral 



pores 5. schlueteri, p. 77. 



n. Snout long, much depressed 6. microlepis, p. 77. 



1. Ophiops jerdonii. 



Ophiops jerdoni, Bh/th, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxii. 1853, p. 653 ; 



Stoliczha, Jouni. As. Soc. Beng. xli. 1872, p. 89, and Proc. As. Soc. 



Beng. 1872, p. 74. 

 Tropidosaura jerdoni, Theobald, Cat. Rept. As. Soc.Mus. p. 22. 

 Pseudopbiops jerdoni, Jerdon,Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, p. 71. 

 theobaldi, Jerdo7i, I. c. 



Head moderate, feebly depressed. Upper head-shields rugose, 

 keeled and striated ; nostril lateral, pierced between three or four 

 shields, viz. an anterior, or an upper and a lower anterior nasal and 

 two superposed postnasals ; a large frontonasal ; frequently one or 

 two small azygos shields between the pair of pra^frontals ; four 

 supraoculars, first and fourth small, the two principal separated 

 fi-om the supraciliaries by a series of granules ; occipital small, 

 sometimes a little broader than the interparietal, with which it forms 

 a suture ; subocular bordering the lip, between the fourth and fifth 

 (or third and fourth) upper labials ; temporal scales small, keeled ; 

 one or two large supratemporal shields border the parietals exter- 

 nally ; tympanic shield small or indistinct. No gular fold extend- 

 ing from ear to ear ; collar quite indistinct. Dorsal scales large, 

 strongly keeled, strongly imbricate, scarcely larger on the back than 

 on the sides ; 28 to 35 scales round the middle of the body (ventrals 

 included). A large postero-median praeanal plate. The hind limb 

 reaches the shoulder or halfway between the latter and the ear in 

 the male, not to axilla in the female. 7 to 11 femoral pores on each 

 side. Tail once and a half to twice as long as head and body ; caudal 

 scales about as large as dorsals. Coppery brown above, with two 

 pale golden lateral streaks bordered with black, the upper extendino- 

 from the supraciliaries to the tail, the lower from the upper lip to 

 the groin ; frequently a series of large black spots between the two 

 lateral streaks ; lower surfaces yellowish white. 



