154 UROPELTID. 
scales with three to five strong keels; terminal scute with a trans- 
verse ridge and two more or less distinct points. Brown, lower 
mixed with yellow ; a yellow streak on each side of the neck; 
a yellow band across the anal region ; none on the sides of the tail. 
Total length 275 millim, 
Anamailays. 
a-c. 2 (V.188, 182,180; Anamallays, Col. Beddome [C.]. 
C. 6, 6, 7). (Types.) 
14, Silybura ellioti. 
Siluboura ceylonicus, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 142 (1845). 
Siloboura ellioti, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1858, p. 262. 
Silybura ellioti, Peters, Uropelt. p. 21 (1861) ; Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soe. 
1875, p. 228; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 265 (1890). 
Coloburus ceylanicus, Jan, Icon. Gén. 1. 9, pl. ii. fig..6 (1865). 
Silybura ellioti, part., Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 190 co Theob. 
Sk t. nfs Ind. p. 133; Beddome, Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (5) 
xvii. . 20. 
—- punctats Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 229. 
—— beddomii, part., Giinth. J. ¢. 
Snout pointed ; rostral about one third the length of the shielded 
part of the head, the portion visible from above longer than its 
distance from the frontal; nasals in contact behind the rostral ; 
frontal longer than broad. ye very small, not half the length of 
the ocular. Diameter of body 25 to 32 times in the total length. 
17 scales round the middle of the body, 19 behind the head. 
Ventrals nearly twice as large as the contiguous scales, 144-172. 
Subcaudals 6-10. End of tail convex or somewhat flattened above ; 
upper caudal scales with three to six strong keels ; terminal scute 
with a transverse ridge and two more or less distinct points. 
Dark brown, uniform or with yellow dots above and small yellow 
dots inferiorly ; a more or less distinct yellow line on each side of 
the neck; a yellow band on each side of the tail, connected with its 
fellow by a transverse bar across the anal region, 
Total length 240 millim. ; 
Mountains of Southem India. 
a. & (V. 168; C. 9). Near Madras. 7 c [P.]. 
( 
b-c. ¢ (V. 168; C.10) Jeypore Hills, Vizaga- Col. Bodice [C.}. 
& ve 172; C. 6). atam. 
d. 9 (V. 144; C. 7). Golcondah Hills. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
(Type of S. punctata. 
e-h. 3 (V. 154; C.9,7) Pulney Hills. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
& 2 (V. 157, 151, 152; (Types of S. puactata.) 
C. 7, 7, 6). 
t. 9 (V. 155; C. 7). Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
(Type of S. punctata, 
es 2 (V. 169, 167,170, Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
70; C. 7, 6, 7, 6) & 
yg. (V. 167, 160, 166; 
C. 7, 8, 9). 
r. o (V. 164; C. 9). Balarangams, Mysore. Col. Beddome [(.}. 
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