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wards, or running in longitudinal lines ; not as in Calotes, where the 

 points are directed upwards, nor as in Bronchocela, where they are 

 directed downwards. 



Salea Jebdoni, Gray. 



Nuchal and dorsal crest formed of elongated compressed scales ; 

 tail with a keeled crest. 



This pretty lizard, described by Mr. Gray from specimens sent 

 home by me, is only found in the Mlgherries where it frequents 

 bushes, hedges and gardens. Its colour is a bright grass-green 

 marbled with brown, some red marks on the head and nape, and a 

 few white scales on the sides. It does not appear to possess the 

 faculty of changing its colours. 



Length of one 9| inches, of which the tail is 6|.* 

 Gen. SITAISTA, Cuv. 



Four toes on the hind-feet, no dorsal crest, a large dewlap in 

 the males. 



SlTAtf A PONTICERIANA, Cuv. 



Fawn-coloured, with rhomboidal dark spots on the back, and a pale 

 longitudinal streak from ear to tail. Male, in breeding season, with 

 a large tricoloured dewlap. 



This common ground lizard is distributed over all India, I believe, 

 but is rare in the wooded districts, frequenting the open country, 

 fields and low copses : on the approach of danger, it runs with great 

 rapidity, tail erect, and conceals itself in any crack in the ground 

 or hole, or under a stone or bush. Notwithstanding its activity, it 

 is the common prey of harriers, buzzards, hawks and eagles. I 

 have not seen the beautiful dewlap (blue black and red) developed 

 in the south of India, nearly to the extent that appears to take 

 place in the north, and there it attains a greater size. The colours 



* Hab. also Ceylon (Newera Elia), whence a specimen was presented by Dr. 

 Kelaart to the Society's Museum, since purloined together with a Salea from the 

 Nicobars. Another, from Mirzapore (?), presented by the late Major Wroughton, 

 may be described as. 



S. gularis, nobis. Length 16| in., of which the tail measures llf in. Structure 

 typical. Hind-limb reaching to the articulation of the lower jaw. Series of 14 

 lengthened spines from occiput to behind the shoulders, increasing in length to the 

 7th and 8th, and then successively diminishing. Gular fanon, or dewlap, well 

 developed. Two inconspicuous ridges of slightly lengthened spines above the 

 tympanum. — Cur. As. Soc. 



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