218 SCINCIDJE. 



/). Frontoparietal single. 



a. 28 or more lamellte under the fourth toe. 



40 scales round the body 70. tricolor, p. 277. 



34 scales round the body 71. variabile, p. 277. 



28 to 30 scales round the body 72. austro-caledonicum, 



[p. 278. 

 /3. 26 or fewer lamelloe under the fourth toe. 



* Not more than 30 scales round the middle of the 

 body. 



t The suture between the rostral and the frontonasal 

 considerably narrower than the frontal, 



26 to 28 scales round the body ; five or 



six supraciliaries 73. trilineatum, p. 279. 



24 to 28 scales round the body ; six or 



seven supraciliaries ; the adpressed 



limbs meet or overlap 74. metcdlicum, p. 280. 



ft The suture between the rostral and the fronto- 

 nasal as broad as the frontal. 



26 to 30 scales round the body ; seven 



or eight supraciliaries 75. guichenoti, p. 281. 



** 



More than 30 scales round the body, 



34 to 38 scales round the body 76. pretiosum, p. 282. 



50 to 54 scales round the body 77. ocellatum, p. 283. 



B. Fingers four, toes five ; frontoparietal single. 



1. Transparent palpebral disk not larger than the ear-opening. 



a. Interparietal present, small. 



Dorsal scales more or less distinctly tri- 

 or quinquecariuate, or nearly smooth ; 

 frontal not longer than the fronto- 

 parietal 78. fuscum, p. 283. 



Dorsal scales strongly tricarinate ; frontal 

 as long as frontoparietal and inter- 

 parietal together 80. heccarii, p. 285. 



Dorsal scales sharply bicarinate 81. albertisii, p. 286. 



b. No distinct interparietal .... 79. rhomboidale, p. 285. 



2. Transparent palpebral disk much larger than the ear- 



opening. 



a. Dorsal scales sharply keeled. 



Dorsal scales bicarinate 82. peronii, p. 286. 



Dorsal scales tricarinate 83. pectorcde, p. 287. 



