1872.] F. Stoliczta— On Indian Lizards. 113 



Calotes Elliotti, Giinther. 



Giinther I. E,, p. 142.— Jerdon, J. A. S. B., xxii, p. 471, and Proc 

 A. S. B. for 1S70, p. 77. 



I collected this species at Matheran,* near Bombay. It is quite distinct 

 from Eouxii. The shoidder-fold is bluish black. It seems to be quite as much 

 terrestrial, as arboreal in its habit. The small scales of the body (about 56 

 round the middle of it), and the little spine behind each superciliary edge 

 strongly recall CJ/arasia. Some of the scales at the side of the body are 

 yellow, but they are not apparently larger than others. Colour — pale brown, 

 bright red on the head and about the shoulders, rest of upper side with indis- 

 tinct dark stripes ; lips and the knees dark ; claws above black ; throat reddish, 

 tinged with bluish ; rest of under-side white. The fore limb reaches to the 

 groin, when laid backward, and the hind limb to the anterior edge of the eye, 

 when laid forward. 



In one specimen the head and body are 2f-, and the tail 5-|, = 8 inches. 



Stellio, Daudin (I. R., p. 157). 

 Four species of this genus can be distinguished in India, all appear to 

 inhabit the Himalayas, or the country close to the base of the hills. 



1. St. Day anus, n. sp. Scales of the back moderate, smaller but conti- 

 nuous on the neck ; enlarged scales at the side numerous. Hardwar. 



2. St. tuberculatus, Gray. Scales of the back small, very much smaller 

 or granular on neck ; enlarged scales at the sides scattered, generally few, or 

 nearly all obsolete. Southern slopes of the Himalayas. 



3. St. melanurus, Blyth (comp. Proc. A. S. B., Sept. 1871, p. 189). 

 Enlarged scales of the back unequal, those composing a few median rows 

 considerably larger than others on either side. Panjab and Kashmir. 



4. St. Himalayanus, Steindachner, (Novara Rept., Pt. I, 1867, p. 22). 

 Enlarged scales of the back smooth ; Ladak, Northern Indus valley. 



I shall note in greater detail the two first mentioned species, as they 

 are closely allied to each other, while the two remaining are so entirely dis- 

 tinct that there can be no mistake about them. 



Stellio Dataistus, n. sp. 

 PI. III. fig. 4. Upper view of the anterior part of the body. 

 Head depressed, covered with small sharply keeled shields, irregular 

 in form, slightly larger on the canthus rostralis and becoming gradually im- 

 bricate on the hind occiput ; nostril in the hinder part of an elongate swollen 

 shield, narrow in front, but usually separated from the rostral, as well as from 

 the first labial, by a separate shield ; a ridge of somewhat larger scales origi- 



* Giinther refers, I suppose, to the present species when noticing 0. Bouxi from 

 Matheran (Proc. Zool. Soc, 1869, p. 501). 

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