REPTILES FROM THE RIVER TAJ AN. 



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6. Eremias (Mesalina) guttulata Liclit. 



i 2 • Length of bead and body 49 mm. 5 superciliaries. 

 Row of superciliary granules beginning behind the 7th super- 

 ciliary only. Occipital as large as the interparietal. 4 anterior 

 and 3 posterior supra labials. 7 infra labials. 22 gular scales in a 

 line between the suture of the chin- shields and the collar. Collar 

 free, consisting of 9 plates. 40 dorsal scales across the middle 

 of the body. 28 transverse rows of ventral plates. 10 femoral 

 pores on each side. 



7. EUMECES SCHNEIDERI Daild. 



1 spec. Length of head and body 109 mm. ( <$ ) and 63 mm. 

 (hgr.). 6 + 1 + 3 supralabials in the J , 5 + 1 + 2 only in the half- 

 grown specimen, the middle one being fused with the following 

 by forming a very large subocular. 8 infralabials. 4/5 or 5/6 

 nuchal plates. 25 or 26 dorsal and ventral scales round the 

 middle of the body. 68 scales in a line between the suture of 

 the chin-shields and the anal plates. 



8. Eumeces scutatus Theob. 



3 spec. Length of head and body 122 mm. ( $ ), 124 and 

 116 mm. (both 2 ). The head-shields offer many anomalies. In 

 one 2 the right supranasal is divided ; the other 2 nas both 

 prefrontals divided into two unequal parts, and two loreals on 

 the left side. In the the parietals form a long suture behind 

 the interparietal. 4 to 6 superciliaries. 4 or 5 + 1 + 3 supra- 

 labials, the last being very small. 7 infralabials. 3/4 or 4/4 

 nuchal plates. 21 dorsal and ventral scales round the middle of 

 the body. 78 to 80 scales in a line between the suture of the 

 chin-shields and the anal plates. 



9. MABUIA SEPTEMTiENIATA ReUSS. 



2 spec. Length of head and body 82 mm. (d ) and 90 mm. 

 ( 2 )• Supranasals meeting in a point (6 ) or separated ( $ ). 

 Prefrontals separated from each other, the internasal forming a 

 short suture with the frontal. 4 anterior and 2 posterior supra- 

 labials. 8 infralabials. 34 or 35 dorsal and ventral scales round 

 the middle of the body. 70 or 71 scales in a line between the 

 suture of the chin-shields and the vent. 



10. VlPERA LSBETINA L. 



1 spec* Length of head and body 520 mm. Tail incomplete. 

 10 supralabi ils, 13/14 infralabials. 25 longitudinal rows of 

 dcrsal scales. 121 ventral plates. 



* It was impossible to ascertain the sex of the snakes, the viscera having been 

 removed. 



