Cahrita. 195 



Cabrita hninnea, Gray, Ann. N. H. i, 1838, p. 282 ; Blanf. Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. xxxix, 1870, p. 350. 



Calosaura leschenaultii, Dum. & Bibr. Erp. G-en. v, p. 262 (1839). 



Cabrita leschenaultii, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 43 (1845) ; Griinth. Eept. 

 Biifc. Ind. p. 70 (1864) ; Blanf. t.c. p. 345 ; Giinth. Proo. Zool. Soc. 

 1875, p. 225; Blanf. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlviii, 1879, p. 112; 

 Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 70 (1887), and Paun. Ind., Eept. p. 172 

 (1890). 



Body rather strongly depressed. Head much depressed, 1% to If 

 times as long as broad, its depth equal to the distance between the 

 centre of the eye and the tympanum, its length 3J to 4 times in 

 length to vent in males, 4 to 4| times in females ; snout pointed, with 

 the nasals feebly swollen, longer than the postocular part of the head, 

 flattened, with the labials projecting beyond the edge of the mouth 

 and forming an obtusely angular ridge ; canthus rostralis sharp, loreal 

 region deeplj' concave ; chin flat ; a sharp keel below the eye. Pileus 

 2i to 2J times as long as broad. Neck as broad as or a little narrower 

 than the head. The hind limb reaches the ear or between the ear and 

 the eye in males, the shoulder or between the shoulder and the ear, 

 rarely the ear, in females ; foot If to 1| times as long as head ; digits 

 long and slender, rather strongly compressed. Tail If to a little over 

 2 times as long as head and body. 



Upper head-shields coarsely striated, nearly smooth in the very 

 young ; nostril pierced between 2 or 3 shields ; nasals forming a suture 

 behind the rostral ; frontonasal broader than long ; prefrontals longer 

 than broad, forming an extensive median suture ; frontal as long as 

 its distance from the end of the snout. If to 2^ times as long as 

 broad, narrower behind than in front ; parietals as long as broad or a 

 little longer than broad ; interparietal and occipital small or very 

 small, latter projecting beyond the parietals. 4 supraoculars, first and 

 fourth small, first in contact with the frontal and sometimes divided 

 into 2 or 3 ; 3 superciliaries, second very long ; a series of granules 

 between the principal supraoculars and the superciliaries. Two large 

 nasals, an upper' and a lower, the anterior half of the latter resting on 

 the rostra], followed by one or two postnasals, the upper of which 

 sometimes enters the nostril ; anterior loreal much shorter than the 

 second ; 4, rarely 3 or 5, upper labials anterior to the subocular, which 

 is much narrower beneath than above and borders the mouth. Two 

 large upper temporals, first the longer and as often as not in contact 

 with the fourth supraocular ; temporal scales moderately large, 

 hexagonal, strongly keeled ; a large tympanic shield. 



