15. SALEA. 313 



crest not continuous with nuchal, composed of similar slightly 

 shorter lanceolate spines in the male, absent in the female. Dorsal 

 scales large, rhomboidal, strongly keeled, pointing straight hack- 

 wards ; they are nearly always of unequal size, larger ones being 

 scattered on the sides ; ventral scales very strongly imbricate, 

 strongly keeled and ending in a spine, nearly as large as the dorsals. - 

 Limbs moderately elongate, the adpressed hind limb reaching be- 

 tween the shoulder and the tympanum. Tail compressed, and with 

 a small upper crest in the male, scarcely compressed, and without a 

 crest in the female ; caudal scales subequal, strongly keeled. Pale 

 olive above, with irregular dark-brown cross bands, which may be 

 broken up by a band of the light-brown colour running along each 

 side of the back ; the enlarged scales on the sides frequently white ; 

 a blackish band, edged below with white, extends from the eye to 

 the fore limb, passing through the tympanum ; tail usually with 

 regular dark-brown annuli. 



Total length 345 millim. 



Head 27 „ 



Width of head 16 „ 



Body 68 „ 



Fore limb 44 ,, 



Hind limb 61 „ 



Tail 250 „ 



Southern India. 



a-b. 2 . India. East-India Company. (Types.) 



c-d. d- Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. (Types of 



Salea jerdonii.} 

 e-f. 2 . 8. India. T. 0. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



g, 2 ■ Nilgherries. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



h. Yg. Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



2. Salea auamaUayana. 



Lophosalea anamaUayana, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 153, 

 pi. xiv. 



Snout long, measuring nearly twice the diameter of the orbit ; 

 tympanum once and two thirds or once and three fifths the diameter 

 of the orbit ; upper head-scales rather large, feebly keeled, with a 

 reoTjlar curved series of enlarged scales bordering the supraorbital 

 region internally ; an enlarged tubercle behind the supraciliary 

 ■' edge and a few others scattered on the back of the head ; a row of 

 three or four enlarged scales from the eye to above the tympanum. 

 Gular scales a little larger than ventrals, smooth or keeled. A well- 

 marked curved fold on each side of the neck, in front of the 

 shoulder. Dorso-nuchal crest continuous, composed of large lanceo- 

 late spines. Dorsal scales of unequal size, their arrangement vary- 

 ing considerably, strongly keeled, the upper ones pointing upwards 



