1870.] Reptilia and Amphibia from Central India. 367 



Loc. 



Whole length. 



Lower thigh. 



Hind foot. 



Thigh to 

 shouldei'. 



1 S. E. Berar, . . 



6-7 



0-6 



0-75 



0-8 



2 ditto, 



5-8 



0-5 



0-7 



0'7 



3 ditto, .... 



5-0 



0-5 



0-7 



0-55 



4 Eaipur, .... 



625 



0-65 



0-8 



0-75 



5 Ceylon, .... 



75 



0-75 



0-95 



1-95 



6 ditto, 



5-0 



0-6 



0-8 



0-85 



It will be seen that whereas the proportion between the lower 

 thigh and the foot is nearly constant, that between the limbs and 

 the body varies greatly. 



Sitana Pondiceriana is found in open country, amongst bush 

 jungle, and in forest, but is perhaps most commonly seen in thin 

 tree jungle. I not unfrequently met with it even in the great sal 

 fShorea rolustaj forests between Bilaspur and Chota-Nagpdr. It 

 is purely a ground lizard, as has already been shewn by J" e r d o n. 

 It is very abundant, being perhaps the most generally spread of all 

 lizards inhabiting the Indian peninsula, and I have seen thousands, 

 but I never yet observed one on a tree in the position depicted in 

 GKi n t h e r ' s Eeptiles of British India, PI. XIV, fig. A. It is 

 quite as great a mistake to represent Sitana in this position, or 

 indeed upon a tree at all, as it would be to draw a PJuprepes, a 

 plover or a hare in the same position, and Dr. G- u" n t h e r might 

 have avoided this mistake by attending to Dr. Jerdon's de- 

 scription of the animal's habits. 



Loc. As already mentioned Bit ana Pondiceriana abounds in S. 

 E. Berar, throughout the southern part of the Central provinces 

 in the districts of Chanda, Bhandara, Eaipur and Bilaspur, and 

 in the country west of Chota-Nagpur. 



18. Sitana Deccanensis, J e r d o n. 



S. Pondiceriana, Gf- tin t h e r, Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 135 ; D um. et 

 Bibron, IV, p. 437, partim. 



I did not obtain any specimens of this large form during the 

 past season, but I find some amongst my former collections from 

 Nagpur and Chanda, and I believe one of these at least was from 

 near Chanda, where it probably meets the range of the smaller 



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