8. LTGOSOMA. 321 



millim. millim. 



Total length 110 Fore limb 10 



Head 11 Hind limb 15 



AVidth of head .... 7 Tail 68 



Eody 31 



Ceylon. 



a~e,f. Ad. Ceylon. 



g. Ad. Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart. 



127. Lygosoma temminckii. 



Lygosoma ? temminckii, Gray, Cat. p. 85. 

 Lygosoma temminckii, Dum. 8^ Uib?: v. p. 727. 



Body much elongate, limbs weak ; the distance between the end 

 of the snout and the fore limb is contained once and two thirds in 

 the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower 

 eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in the nasal; no supranasal ; fronto- 

 nasal broader than long, forming a broad suture with the rostral 

 and a very narrow one with the frontal ; latter shield shorter than 

 frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first 

 and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; ten supraciliaries ; 

 frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, subequal in length ; 

 parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; no enlarged 

 nuchals ; third to fifth upper labials below the eje, from which they 

 are separated by a series of scales. Ear-opening roundish, mode- 

 rately large, smaller than the eye-opening. 32 smooth scales round 

 the middle of the body ; ventrals largest. A pair of very slightly 

 enlarged praeanals. The length of the hind limb equals the distance 

 between the centre of the eye and the fore limb ; fourth toe not longer 

 than third, with 10 smooth lamella) interiorly. Tail thick, nearly 

 once and a half the length of head and body. Brown above, with a 

 dark dorso-lateral streak ; yellowish inferiorly, tail brown-spotted. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 128 Fore limb 10 



Head 11 Hind limb 14 



Width of head .... 7 Tail 74 



Body 43 



Java. 

 a. Ad. Java. 



128. Lygosoma brancliiale. (Plate XXYI. fig. 2.) 

 Hinulia branchialis, Gmith. Ann. <§• Ma;/. iV. I£. (3) xx. 1867, p. 47. 



Body elongate, limbs short ; the distance between the end of the 

 snout and the fore limb is contained once and three fourths to twice 

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



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