8. LYGosoma. 321 
millim, millim, 
Total length ...... 110 Fore limb ...,.... 10 
Head oi sew oto 11 Hind limb........ 15 
Width ofhead.... 7 Path ss a scegie sae ae 68 
Body eeviececcaes 31 
Ceylon ; 
a-e, f. Ad. Ceylon. 
g. Ad. Ceylon. Dr, Kelaart. 
127. Lygosoma temminckii. 
Lygosoma ? temminckii, Gray, Cat. p. 85. 
Lygosoma temminckii, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 727. 
Body much elongate, limbs weak ; the distance between the end 
of the snout and the fore limb is contained once and two thirds in 
the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower 
eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in the nasal; no supranasal; fronto- 
nasal broader than long, forming a broad suture with the rostral 
and a very narrow one with the frontal; latter shield shorter than 
frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first 
and second supraoculars; four supracculars; ten supraciliaries ; 
frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, subequal in length; 
parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal; no enlarged 
nuchals ; third to fifth upper labials below the eye, from which they 
are separated by a series of scales. Ear-opening roundish, mode- 
rately large, smaller than the eye-opening. 32 smooth scales round 
the middle of the body; ventrals largest. A pair of very slightly 
enlarged preanals. The length of the hind limb equals the distance 
between the centre of the eye and the fore limb ; fourth toe not longer 
than third, with 10 smooth lamella inferiorly. Tail thick, nearly 
once and a half the length of head and body. - Brown above, with a 
dark dorso-lateral streak ; yellowish inferiorly, tail brown-spotted. 
millim. millim, 
Total length ...... 128 Fore limb ........ 10 
Heads cases wen 11 Hind limb........ 14 
Width of head .... 7 alll 6 acacia ess 74 
Body ......++.45- 43 
Java. 
a, Ad. Java. 
128. Lygosoma branchiale. (Prats XXVI. fig. 2.) 
Hinulia branchialis, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) xx. 1867, p. 47, 
Body elongate, limbs short ; the distance between the end of the 
snout and the fore limb is contained once and three fourths to twice 
in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. 
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