7, MABUIA, 151 
nasals present; praefrontals present ; frontoparietal present; single 
or double interparietal usually distinct, sometimes coalesced with 
the parietals. Limbs well developed, pentadactyle. Digits sub-' 
cylindrical or compressed, with transverse lamelle inferiorly. 
Africa and Madagascar; Southern Asia; Central and South America 
and West Indies. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. Lower eyelid with an undivided, more or less transparent disk ; 
scales on the soles not spinose. 
A. The subocular is distinguished from the (other) labials only by 
size and position, and is not or scarcely narrowed inferiorly ; 
nostril pierced just above or behind the vertical of the suture 
between the rostral and the first labial. 
1, Frontoparietals, parietals, and interparietal distinct; a post- 
nasal. 
a. Two labials may be termed suboculars. 
60 to 64 scales round the body, dorsals 
bicarimates. cusses weiss ads versa 1. fogoensis, p. 157. 
42 to 46 scales round the body, dorsals 
PPIGATIN AGE 26 sod see seelae ed alee eee ws 2. stangeri, p. 157. 
30 scales round the body, dorsals quinque- 
or septemcarinate ...........0.00. 13. depressa, p. 166. 
b, A single subocular. 
a. All the dorsal scales with four or more keels. 
* 34 or more scales round the middle of the body. 
36 to 38 scales round the body ; fronto- 
nasal slightly longer than broad, in 
contact with the rostral and the frontal 6. sechellensis, p. 161. 
40 scales round the body; frontonasal a 
little broader than long, not forming 
a suture with the rostral .......... 7. wrightti, p. 162. 
34 to 38 scales round the body; ear- 
opening not larger than the transpa- 
rent palpebral disk; frontonasal in 
* eontact with the rostral............ 8. aureopunctata, p. 162, 
34 to 36 scales round the body; fronto- 
nasal broader than long; ear-opening 
much larger than the palpebral disk.. 9. comorensis, p. 163. 
34 scales round the body, dorsals with 
seven to nine keels, two of which are 
stronger than the others; ear-opening 
with two or three long pointed lobules 
anteriorly ...e cece eee cet ees 24. dorie, p. 174. 
