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prteanal patch, but fully enlarged at the extremities. These 

 scales are not pierced (probably owing to the sex of the speci- 

 men). No enlarged sub-caudals. Tail covered below with 

 small inbricate scales, and with a line of 3 erect white scales on 

 either side of vent. Colour above vinous brown (probably ruddy 

 during life) : a white semicircular line joins the superciliary ridges, 

 a second horse-shoe-shaped white line runs from the gape below 

 the ear to the opposite side, enclosing a nuchal collar. Behind 

 the collar two closely approximated white lines run along the 

 spine becoming soon broken up into spots merely. On the sides 

 are more white spots, tending to form three distinct lines, the 

 lowest of which coincides with the ventral keel. BeUy whitish. 

 Limbs white spotted above. 



Inhabits South Kanara. (fide Beddome). 



The tail has been reproduced, but sufficient remains to show that 

 it originally had no enlarged sub-caudals, which fasciolatus has. 



G. Kachensis, Stol. Proc. As. Soc, B., 1872, p. 79. 

 Rostral longer than high, grooved above. Nostrils lateral 

 directed upwards, immediately behind the rostral and followed by 

 three small shields. Snout above covered with largish sub- 

 carinate shields : top and sides of head with granular scales, with 

 some larger intermixed. Back covered with 12-14i longitudinal 

 rows of enlarged trihedral sharply keeled tubercles, each smaller 

 than the ear, and separated by two or three rows of granular 

 scales. Tail depressed, verticillate, with three rows of large 

 sharply keeled tubercles down each side. 11-12 upper labials, the 

 last 2 or 3 very small. 8-9 lower labials. Mental large, posteriorly 

 pointed. Two pairs of enlarged chin shields followed by a row 

 of enlarged shields along the labials. Scales on the belly in 28-30 

 longitudinal rows, and separated from the back by six rows of 

 smaller shields. ^Femoral pores none. Prseanal pores 48 in a 

 curved continuous series in the male. Sub-caudals bifid enlarged, 

 irregularly alternating. Toes slender. Two last joints separated 

 from the preceding by a marked enlargement provided with 

 two thickened transverse lamellee below. Pupil vertical. 



