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tends with half of the fourth toe beyond the shoulder. Rostral large, reaching 
far backward, and flat above ; anterior frontal above broadly truncate, but 
very narrowly behind, the two posterior frontals nearly meeting ; vertical very 
narrowly in contact with the anterior frontal, and much contracted and elon- 
gated posteriorly ; supraorbitals 5, much swollen, the last followed below by 
two small shields ; interorbital space very narrow ; a pair of anterior occipitals, 
narrowed in front, broad behind ; median occipital obtusely pointed in front, 
acutely behind, and in size subequal to one of the anterior occipitals ; posterior 
occipitals larger, meeting behind with a narrow suture, in front in contact 
with the anterior occipital, the fifth supraorbital, and a small shield following 
it ; shields on the side of the head regular ; 8 upper and 7 lower labials, the last 
very small ; first chin-shield single, second in a pail 1 , forming a suture, follow- 
ed by 3 other separate and widely diverging pairs ; opening of the ear a long 
vertical slit, not denticulate in front ; 40-42 longitudinal rows of scales 
round the middle of the body, those on the sides considerably smaller than 
on the belly ;* about 76 transverse series on the side between fore and hind- 
limb, but only 66 on the edge of the belly ; preanal scales moderately 
enlarged ; of the subcaudals there are very few in front enlarged, but near the 
middle and posteriorly all ; palm nearly entirely covered with tubercles, sole 
only at the bases of the 1st and 5th toes, and on the posterior edge, the re- 
mainder being smooth ; about 23 sharpened tubercles under the free portion 
of the fourth toe. 
Colour, above, fulvous, tinged olive in front and reddish posteriorly, with 
two longitudinal, submarginal, black bands, partially or entirely broken up 
into spots and becoming obsolete on the tail, which is red ; along the edges of 
the back runs a metallic greenish white line, originating on the supraciliary 
edge ; it is most distinct on the neck, but gradually disappears on the tail. 
A pure black band originates at the nasal, continues through the eye along 
the upper side of the body, and on the tail, disappearing towards its termina- 
tion ; the black band is bordered below by a narrower white band, which ori- 
ginates below the eye, passes through the lower part of the ear to the loin, 
and is below, particularly at the side of the vent, again bordered with black. 
Legs above olive brown with darker marblings and indistinct fulvous spots ; 
tips of toes dark. Below, uniform greenish iridescent white ; tail red. 
Total length 4.75 inches, body 1.87, tail 2.87 inch. In general structure 
of the scales, the flattened upper rostral, tumid supraorbitals, narrow vertical, 
imperfectly tubercular soles, and in general style of coloration, the Malabar 
form agrees with the Bengal maculata , but the limbs are longer in proportion, 
and the details of coloration considerably different. The black band is at the 
side of the body broader, and the white one, bordering it below, originates in 
the present species below the eye and passes through the lower angle of the 
opening of the ear, while in maculata it begins almost behind the eye and 
* This is also the case in H. maculata. 
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