214 SCINCID A. 
b. Five or more supraoculars, 
a. A single anterior loreal. 
* 28 to 30 scales round the body ; three or four pairs 
of nuchals. 
The adpressed limbs fail to meet; ear- 
opening nearly as large as the eye- 
OPONING ai neseva chee. waded mae eee 18. fasciatum, p. 237. 
The adpressed limbs slightly overlap ; ’ 
ear-opening considerably smaller than 
the eye-opening.................. 19. undulatum, p. 238. 
** 38 to 50 scales round the body; no nuchals. 
38 to 40 scales round the body; rostral 
flat or concave above; the hind limb 
does not reach beyond the axilla .... 25. maculatum, p. 242. 
40 scales round the body; rostral flat or ~ 
concave above; the hind limb reaches 
the shoulder or beyond............ 26. dussumieri, p. 248. 
44 to 50 scales round the body; rostral 
convex above, forming a curved suture 
with the frontonasal .............. 27. melanopogon, p. 244, 
{. Two superposed shields behind the nasal. 
* Dorsal scales keeled. 
50 scales round the body ............ 28. nigrilabre, p. 245, 
40 scales round the body ............ 29. simum, p. 245, 
** Dorsal scales smooth. 
Six or seven supraoculars, first three in 
contact with the frontal .......... 30. variegatum, p. 246. 
Five supraoculars .................- 31. jobiense, p. 247. 
2. Frontoparietal single. 
Six supraoculars........ cee cece eee 32. acutum, p. 248. 
Il. Limbs well developed, pentadactyle. Lower eyelid scaly. 
Ear-opening very large, without auricular lobules. Supra- 
nasals present. Frontal not broader than the supraocular 
region. Frontoparietals distinct. A pair of enlarged pra- 
anals. (Otosaurus, Gray.) 
Hight supraoculars ; 46 to 50 scales round 
the body........... Seana dear sna ae 33. cumingit, p. 249. - 
{If Limbs well developed, pentadactyle, overlapping when pressed 
against the body; the digits strongly compressed distally. 
Lower eyelid scaly. Ear-opening small. Frontal not broader 
than the supraocular region. Frontoparietals distinct. Pre- 
anals not enlarged. (Kenewwia, Gray.) 
