216 



G. A. BOULENGER ON 



Measurements, in millimetres. 

 Width of head 

 Depth of head 

 Fore limb 

 Hind limb 

 Foot 



cf , Chemulpo, type. 2. c? , Seoul 



I. 



2. 



3- 



6-5 



7 



7 



6 



6 



6 



15 



16 



17 



20 



20 



23 



II 



II 



12 



3. cf , Kiu Kiang 



I. 



2. 



3- 4- 



5- 



6. 



7. 8. 9. 



45 



36 



8 8 



27 



10 



26 1 19 



45 



36 



8 8 



29 



10 



24 1 20 



46 



38 



8 8 



29 



12 



24 1 22 



Particulars of specimens examined. 



d 1 , Chemulpo. Corea, type. 

 ,, Seoul, ,, 



,, Kiu Kiang, China 



Table as on p. 212. 



Habitat. Corea and China (Kiu Kiang). 



Closely allied to T. tachydromoides. Differs in having 8 longitudinal series of 

 dorsal plates, 27 to 29 transverse series of ventral plates, instead of 22 to 24, in males, 

 and a single femoral pore. 



4. Tachydromus septentrionalis, Gthr. 



Tachydromus septentrionalis, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind., p. 70, pi. viii, fig. E. 1 (1864), and Ann. 



and Mag. N.H. (6) i. 1888, p. 166 ; Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1894, pp. 139, 145 ; Bouleng. 



Proe. Zooh Soe.. 1899, p. 161, fig. ; Werner, Abh. Bayer. Ak. 2, xxii, 1003, p. 354 ; Van 



Denb. Proc. Calif. Ac. (4) iii, 1912, p. 242. 

 Tachydromus tachydromoides, part., Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 5 (1887). 

 Takydromus septentrionalis, part., Stejneg. Herp. Japan, p. 232 (1907). 



Body not or but slightly depressed. Head feebly convex or even quite flat 

 above, i\ to if times as long as broad, its depth equal to the distance between the 

 anterior corner or the centre of the eye and the tympanum, its length 3§ to 4^ times 

 in length to vent in males, 4 to 4! times in females ; snout pointed, with strong can- 

 thus and nearly vertical loreal region, as long as the postocular part of the head. 

 Pileus 2 to 2\ times as long as broad. Neck narrower than the head. The hind limb 

 reaches the wrist, the elbow, or the axil in females, the axil or the shoulder in males ; 

 foot 1 to 1} times as long as the head. Tail 2^ to 3! times as long as head and 

 body. 



Nostril pierced between 3, rarely 4, shields. Rostral not entering the nostril, 

 often narrowly in contact with the frontonasal,' 2 which is as long as broad or slightly 

 broader than long, as broad as or a little broader than the internarial space ; praef ren- 

 tals forming a median suture ; frontal as long as its distance from the end of the 

 snout or a little shorter, i| to i| times as long as broad, usually narrower behind 

 than in front ; parietals 1^ to if times as long as broad ; interparietal i|- to 2 times 



1 The male type specimen figured is represented with an intact tail, which is not the case, as may be c een from 

 Giiuther's description. The tail has been imagined by the artist. Such restorations were often resorted to in those 

 days, and have given rise to much confusion, as in the case of Chitra indica in the same work. 



2 In 15 specimens out of 39 examined by me ; in 8 out of 12 examined by Van Denburgh. 



