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than interparietal; parietals forming a suture behind inter- 

 parietal; no nuchals; five supraoculars, anterior longest, second 

 widest, last small, touching parietal, first two touching frontal ; 

 eleven superciliaries, first and tenth largest; nasal diagonally 

 elongate, nostril pierced near center; two frenals, first narrow- 

 est; two large preoculars, upper small, lower somewhat smaller 

 than second f renal; three narrow, elongate scales lying above 

 fourth and fifth labials followed by two rows of small scales 

 which separate labials from orbit; nine upper labials, sixth and 

 seventh largest, last small; several enlarged temporals, that 

 bordering parietal much the largest; ten lower labials, one 

 touching postmental; mental twice as broad as deep followed 

 by a single undivided postmental; two pairs of chin shields 

 bordering labials, only first pair in contact; scales on body 

 smooth, arranged in longitudinal rows on sides and forming 

 almost perpendicular rows as well; scales in thirty-eight rows; 

 two enlarged preanals; limbs well developed; twenty-three 

 lamellae under longest toe; hind leg reaches to near elbow of 

 adpressed foreleg; length of eye equals distance from nostril; 

 eye to end of snout equals distance from eye to ear; latter 

 slightly nearer foreleg than end of snout. 



Color in life. — Above brownish flecked with darker; a row of 

 dark spots on side forming an elongate, rather broad stripe 

 above hind leg, which continues a short distance on tail; scales 

 on throat edged with darker; upper and lower labials with 

 darker and lighter spots; below yellowish to dull white; legs 

 above dark, spotted with lighter. 



Measurements of Sphenomorphus jagorii jagorii {Peters). 



mm. 



Total length -210 



Snout to vent 83 



Tail 127 



Snout to foreleg 35 



Axilla to groin 48 



V^idth of head 14 



Length of head . 22 



Foreleg 25.5 



Hind leg 37 



Variation. — The typical form of the species, represented by 

 the specimen just described, is apparently quite constant in 

 its essential characteristics. The divided frontoparietal, and 

 thirty-six to thirty-eight scale rows mark this form. Specimens 



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