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the interparietal together, in contact with the second supraocular ; 
four supraoculars, second largest ; five supraciliaries, third longest ; 
frontoparietals distinct, larger than the interparietal, which entirely 
separates the parietals; a pair of nuchals; four labials anterior to 
the subocular, which is large and notnarrowed inferiorly. Ear-opening 
roundish, smaller than a lateral scale, without projecting lobules. 
Body remarkably short. Dorsal, nuchal, and lateral scales very 
strongly tri- or quinquecarinate ; 26 to 28 scales round the middle 
of the body, 8 or 10 of which (ventrals) are smooth. The hind limb 
reaches the elbow or between the latter point and the axilla, Sub- 
digital lamella smooth. Scales on upper surface of tibia bicarinate. 
Tail about once and a half the length of head and body. Olive- 
brown or metallic green above; sides blackish brown, edged above 
by a pale line; sometimes a pale line from below the eye to the 
shoulder ; lower surfaces grey. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 110 Fore limb........ 15 
Head 24 ceageuees 11 Hind limb ...... 21 
Width ofhead .... 85 Tail :.s-48 Geaiiene 65 
Body: ssi ssees ees 34 
Southern India, Ceylon. 
a-b. Her. Travancore. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
ce. Her. Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C. ]}. (Types.) 
d-e. Hgr. & yg. © Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
Sj. Her. eee Sevagherry Col. Beddome [C. | 
at. 
g. Yg. Travancore or Wy- Col. Beddome [C.]. 
nad. 
h. Her. Ceylon. ‘ 
35. Mabuia rugifera. 
Tiliqua rugifera, Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 1870, p. 170, 
pl. x. fig. 3. 
Euprepes (Tiliqua) percarinatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 571*, 
and Ann. Mus. Genova, iii. 1872, p. 30. 
percarinatus, var. borneensis, Peters, Ul. cc. pp. 572, 31; Giinth. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 588. 
Tiliqua percarinata, var. borneensis, Fischer, Abh. Nat. Ver. Hamb. 
ix. 1885, p. —. 
Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril behind the 
vertical of the suture between the rostral and the first labial; no 
postnasal; anterior loreal not deeper but much smaller than the 
second ; frontonasal broader than long, largely in contact with the 
rostral and with the-frontal ; latter shield longer than the fronto- 
parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first and 
second supraoculars; four supraoculars, second largest ; six supra- 
ciliaries, first largest ; frontoparietals distinct, larger than the inter- 
parietal ; a pair of nuchals; five (or four) labials anterior to the 
* Types examined. 
