THE LIZARDS OF THE GENUS TACEYDROMUS. 



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Caudal scales strongly keeled and mucronate, the keels forming 4 very strong 

 ridges on the upper surface of the basal part of the tail, the whorls nearly equal in 

 length, the fourth or fifth containing 12 to 18 scales. 



Greenish olive, bronze brown, or reddish above, with metallic gloss ; usually a 

 white or whitish dorso-lateral streak, 1 often edged with a black line or a broad black 

 band, originating on the superciliary edge or just behind the parietal shield; the 

 black band bordering the white streak produced on the side of the head ; a white, 

 sometimes black-edged streak from the loreal region to the shoulder, passing through 

 the middle of the tympanum, sometimes continued on the side of the body ; males 

 often with a series of small white, black-edged ocelli above the lower lateral streak ; 

 hinder side of thigh often with a black streak ; limbs and tail often reddish. L,ower 

 parts yellowish or greenish white. 



Measurements, in millimetres. 

 From end of snout to vent 



,, ., ,, ,, ., fore limb 

 Head .. 

 Width of head 

 Depth of head 

 Fore limb 

 Hind limb 

 Foot 

 Tail 



I. 



2. 



3- 



4- 



5- 



45 



49 



57 



57 



61 



J 7 



18 



22 



21 



21 



11 



12 



14 



14 



14 



6 



6 



• 7 



7 



7 



5'5 



5'5 



7 



6 



6 



17 



16 



20 



20 



20 



23 



22 



29 



28 



28 



12 



12 



15 



14 



14 



145 200 280 215 255 



i. f , S. China, type of T. meridionalis. 2. 9 , ditto. 3. j , Great Natuna. 4. <3 , Java. 

 Matang. 



Particulars of specimens examined. 



5- 5, 







I. 



2. 



3- 



4- 



5- 



6. 



7- 



8. 



9- 



d\ 



Amoy, China 



52 



28 



4 



12 



23 



10 



18 



1 



21 



•) ? 



S. China (type of T. meridionalis) 



45 



33 



4 



12 



22 



9 



20 



1 



21 



9, 



>> 33 33 33 M * * 



53 



32 



4 



12 



24 



10 



19 



1 



18 



J? 



3 3 3 ' 33 3 3 TS 



49 



3i 



4 



12 



24 



11 



22 



1 



21 



.-, 



» > » 5 ) J J ) i: 



4i 



30 



4 



12 



25 



10 



17 



1 



19 



J, 



Man Son Mts., Tonkin 



55 



32 



4 



12 



25 



9 



20 



1 



22 



•J J 



Saigon (Lataste Coll.) 



60 



?>7 



4 



10 



26 



11 



23 



1 



22 



» 





53 



32 



4 



10 



25 



10 



18 



1 



22 







53 



34 



4 



10 



22 



11 



20 



1 



24 



55 



.-, 



52 



38 



4 



10 



23 



10 



24 



1 



24 



2 



97 



61 



33 



4 



10 



26 



10 



21 



1 



24 



J3 



5 ) 



58 



34 



4 



10 



27 



10 



23 



1 



25 







58 



34 



4 



10 



27 



8 



20 



1 



22 



<S , Sittong. 



Sikkim (Indian Museum). 



56 



30 



4 



10 



23 



10 



20 



3 



25 



2 



Rangoon 



60 



34 



4 



10 



24 



11 



23 



2 



26 



-» 



j j 



50 



34 



4 



10 



24 



10 



18 



2 



25 







46 



34 



4 



10 



25 



9 



22 



2 



23 



tf 



, Bangkok, Siam 



57 



28 



4 



12 



24 



11 



20 



1 



21 



2 



3 !! 3? 



5i 



33 



4 



10 



23 



10 



23 



1 



22 



1 Absent in the specimens from Rangoon. 



