PART 11. 



REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA 



COLLECTED ON ME. J. T. BENT'S EXPEDITION 



TO THE 



HADRAMUT. 



REPTILIA. 



LAOEETILIA. 

 Geceonidje. 



SlElSrOBACTTLUS (Ceeamodactti,T7s) pttlchee, n. sp. 



1 specimen. 



Body somewhat slender ; head rather elongately oval ; snout 

 pointed ; eye large ; ear an oval slit, directed obliquely. Nostril 

 slightly tumid, formed by the rostral, first labial, and three nasals. 

 Eleven upper and ten lower labials ; mental large, rounded 

 posteriorly, and projected backwards beyond the first lower 

 labials. Limbs moderately long and slender ; fingers not long, 

 rather broad; toes moderately long, not narrow. The fore limb 

 when laid forwards reaches the snout, and, when stretched back- 

 wards, falls short of the groin ; the hind limb reaches somewhat 

 beyond the axilla. Under surface of digits covered with very 

 minute scales, feebly imbricate, and obscurely dentate anteriorly, 

 and arranged in oblique rows of 8 scales to a row ; a few well- 

 defined transverse lamellae towards the tips of the digits, where 

 the scales are less numerous ; upper surface of the digits covered 

 with seven rows of smooth, feebly imbricate scales, the outer row 

 modified on the fingers so as to form a feeble fringed edge, much, 

 more marked on the toes, especially on their outsides. Tail 

 cylindrical, not thick, gradually tapered to a not very fine point, 

 shorter than the body and head. Body covered with minute, 

 rounded, slightly convex, juxtaposed scales, very obscurely 

 granular, larger on the sides than on the middle of the back, 



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