BRACHYMELES 



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wide ; supranasals present, large, separated, in contact with first 

 labial behind nostril ; frontonasal large, a little wider than long, 

 in contact laterally with a single frenal, forming sutures with 

 rostral and frontal; prefrontals separated, in contact laterally 

 with frenals and first superciliary ; frontal about as broad 

 as long, in contact with two supraoculars and narrowly with 

 interparietal; frontoparietals rather large, separated; parie- 

 tals about three times as long as wide, forming a suture behind 

 interparietal; nostril pierced in a minute nasal; no postnasal; 

 first labial in contact with internasal; two enlarged frenals; 

 five superciliaries ; four supraoculars, second widest; six supra- 



FiG. 52. Brachymeles honitse Dumeril and Bibron ; a, head, dorsal view ; h, head, lateral view ; 



c, chin ; X 5. 



labials, fourth entering orbit; temporals enlarged; nuchals 

 slightly enlarged; mental large, followed by an enlarged post- 

 mental, which is in contact with a single lower labial ; four pairs 

 of divided chin shields, first largest and widest, fourth pair 

 very small ; ear hidden ; legs reduced to stumps, with no digits ; 

 twenty-six rows of scales about body ; eye small ; scales on point 

 of snout thickened; length of legs twenty-eight times in axil- 

 la-to-groin distance; preanals not enlarged. 



Color in life. — Uniform purplish brown, lighter on throat and 

 chin. Scales on snout lighter than other head scales. 



Measurements of Brachymeles honitse Dumeril and Bibron. 



Length, tail regenerated 



Length of head 



Width of head 



Axilla to groin 



Foreleg 



Hind leg 



Snout to foreleg 



161466 17 



mm. 



113 



9 



5.5 

 65 



2.3 



2.3 

 13.5 



