13. ACANTHOSAUEA. 



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upwards and backwards ; some enlarged scales are scattered on the 

 sides; ventral scales very strongly keeled, smaller than dorsals. 

 Limbs above '-with subequal strongly keeled scales; fourth finger 

 very sUghtly longer than third ; the adpressed hind limb reaches 

 between the neck-fold and the temple. Tail scarcely compressed, 

 nearly twice as long as head and body, covered with uniform strongly 

 keeled scales, which are not larger inferiorly. Pale brownish-olive 

 above, with irregular dark-brown spots or marblings, frequently 

 forming irregular cross bands ; several dark streaks radiate from the 

 eye ; throat with more or less distinct irregular dark transverse 

 lines. 



Total length 217 miUim. 



Head 21 



Width of head 15 



Body 51 



Fore limb 33 



Hind limb 45 



Tail 145 



Eastern Himalayas. 



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7. Acanthosaura kakhienensis. 



Oriocalotes kakhienensis, Anders. Zool. W. Yunnan, p. 806, pi. Lxxvi. 

 fig. 1. 



Canthus rostralis and supraciliary ridge not well defined ; upper 

 head-scales obtusely keeled, of difi'erent sizes ; no spines on the head. 

 A slight fold above and in front of the shoulder. Nuchal crest com- 

 posed of six to eight triangular spines, disappearing a short- way 

 behind the shoulders. Dorsal scales of moderate size, keeled ; those 

 on the side of the back directed upwards and backwards, and those 

 below downwards and backwards ; a few large keeled scales scattered 

 over the sides ; scales of chest and belly of moderate size and strongly 

 keeled. The hind limb extends to the angle of the jaw. Base of 

 tail compressed, but thick and somewhat rounded. G-eneral colour 

 above olive, irregularly variegated with brown a,nd yellow, these 

 colours having a tendency to arrange themselves in cross bands ; a 

 broad black band from the posterior margin of the eye to the tym- 

 panum ; black streaks radiate from the eye ; under surface olive- 

 green. 



Size of A. major. 



Khasia Hills. 



