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Blant'ord das Frontale »vertical«, die Palpebralscheibe »superciliary disk«, das Interpurietale 

 »anterior central occipital« und das Occipitale »posterier central occipital«. Endlicli bezeichnet 

 Blant'ord die Frontonasalen als »postfrontals« , die Supraorbitalen als »superciliary shields«, 

 die Frontoparietalia als »anterior occipitals«, die Parietalen als »postoccipitals«, das Frenale 

 und Freno-oculare zusammen als »loreals«, die Supralabialen einfach als »labials«, die Sublabialen als 

 »lower labials« und die Unterkieferschilder (Subn)axillaria) als »chin shields«. Wie man sieht, 

 ist somit kein Schild übrig geblieben, das als »frontal« bezeichnet werden könnte. 



»Beschreibung'): Der Gaumen ist bezahnt. Die Nasenlöcher sind am unteren nach 



') »Description: Palatal teetli preseiit. Nostrils iu the lower posterior angle of tlie uasal shield 

 followcd by twojjostnasals. Lower eyelicl opaquc, scaly. Temples covered with polygonal shields, large in front, 

 small beilind. Scales of the neck above and at the sidcs granulär, passing gradually on the Shoulders into 

 subimbricate, equal, rhomboidal, diagoually carinate scales of the back. Scales of the sides rather smaller 

 than those of the back, and not keeled. Scales of the sides and back in transverse rows of about 34 each 

 Scales of the throat imbricate behind, about the sanie size as those of the back; collar well marked, with 

 a denticulated edge, formed by the projecting points of 7 enlarged imbricate plates. Ventral scales in 31 

 transverse, and, in the middle of the belly, 10 longitudinal rows, the outer longitudinal row much smaller 

 than the others, and the 2 central rows narrower than the rest. Praeanal plate slightly larger than the 

 others; 14 femoral pores on each thigh. Limbs covered with smooth scales; those on the lower portion of 

 the fore-arni and tarsus very little larger than on the humerus and thigh. Scales on the under part of the 

 feet smooth, convex; toes with transverse plates below; those beueath the pro.ximal portions of all the toes, 

 except the first on the fore-feet and the fifth on the hind-feet, divided in the centre (This may ofcoursebe 

 an individual peculiarity); plates near the claws undivided. Tail with all the scales keeled and in distinct 

 rings. — Habit of the body moderately stout, rather depressed; tail more than twice the length of the 

 body; head conical; limbs moderate; when the fore-leg is laid forward the longest toe reaches to the nostril, 

 the hind-limb extends about four-fifths of the distance to the axil. Length 17 in., of which the tail from 

 the anus measures 13. 5; the head, from the snout to the hinder margin of the occipital shields, 1.15; fore- 

 limb, to the;eud of the toes, 1.75; longest toe (third or fourth) 0.5; hind-limb 2.7 ; longest toe (fourth) 0.95. 

 — Colour: Olivaceus grey above, whitish below; there are a few small black spots on the back and sides 

 of tlio neck, and a row of 3 or 4 blue ocelli (those in frount double), with black margins, behind each 

 Shoulder, extending in a line for a short distance down each side. The sides of the head are bluish, a 

 tint especially marked on tlie labials; throat yellow. — Head shields: Rostral moderate, broader thau high; 

 nasals forming a suture behind the rostral, and articulating also with the rostral and upper postnasai. Nos- 

 trils in the lower posterior angle of the nasal shield, surrounded by the nasal, rostral, first labial, and 2 

 small subcfpial postnasals. Praefrontal Single, broader than long; postfrontals each about equal in size to 

 the frontal, meeting behind it in a broad suture; their length exceeds their breadth, and the posterior 

 margin of each is very convex exteriorly where it fits into the hollow between ihe vertical and superciliary 

 disk, and concavc towards the middle to receive the convex anterior edge of the vertical. Vertical with a 

 very slight groove in the middle; sides parallel, anterior and posterior margins convex in the middle. Su- 

 perciliary shields 4 on each side; the anterior small, the 2 central ones nearly equal; posterior about one- 

 third the size of a central one; only a very few granules along the exterior edge of the central superci- 

 liares between them and the supraorbital ridge. 2 anterior occipitals of rather irregulär form, convex in 

 front and behind, and with a salient angle exteriorly, each a little smaller than the vertical. 2 postocci- 

 pitals (parietals), each about trcble the size of an anterior occipital; 2 central occipitals; the anterior the 



