276 scixciD^, 



cylindrical ; subdigital lamellae smooth, 16 to 18 under the fourth 

 toe. Brown above with a few darker dots ; a dark brown irregular 

 dorso-lateral streak, edged above with yellowish ; flanks with light, 

 dark-edged spots ; lips mottled -with dark brown ; throat spotted 

 with dark brown. 



69. Lygosoma entrecasteauxii. 



Mocoa entrecasteauxii, Gray, Cat. p. 82. 

 Lygosoma entrecasteauxii, Dum. S; Bihr. v. p. 717. 

 Mocoa pseudocariuata, 0\Shauyhn. Ann. Sf May. N. IT. (4) xiii. 1874, 



p. 300. 

 pseudotropis, Giinth. Zool. Ereh. 8f Terr., Rept. p. 13. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb is contained once and two fifths to once and three 

 fourths in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, 

 obtuse. Lower eyelid with a very large transparent disk, the eye 

 being nearly entirely distinct when the lid is closed. Nostril pierced 

 in the nasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming 

 a suture with the rostral and with the frontal ; latter shield as long as 

 or a little shorter than frontoparietals and interparietal together, in 

 contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars, 

 second largest ; five or six supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, 

 longer than the interparietal ; parietals forming a suture behind the 

 interparietal ; two or three pairs of nuchals ; fifth, rarely sixth, upper 

 labial largest and entering the orbit. Ear-opening roundish, smaller 

 than the transparent palpebral disk, without distinct lobules. 28 

 to 32 scales round the middle of the body ; dorsals largest and usually 

 more or less distinctly striated or obtusely pluricarinate. Praeanals 

 not or scarcely enlarged. The adpressed limbs usually meet or 

 overlap. Digits cylindrical ; subdigital lamellae smooth, 17 to 20 

 under the fourth toe. Tail once and one third to once and two 

 thirds the length of head and body. Olive above, with three black 

 longitudinal bands, laterals broadest and edged above and below by 

 a light streak ; lower surfaces greyish or greenish. 



