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convex upper profile, as long as, or a little shorter than, the distance between 
the posterior corner of eye and the middle or the hind border of the tym¬ 
panum. Nostril slightly oval, limited by the supranasale, the nasofrenale 
and the 1-st supralabiale. Split of m o u t h very slightly S-shaped. Neck 
moderately broad, even in old $ not broader than the head measured 
in the middle of the temporal region. Body moderately depressed ; in the 
robuster, and perhaps owing to this, a little less depressed than in the Ç. 1 
Tail tolerably strong, diminishing in its last third in a whip-like manner, 
and in both sexes shorter than the double length of body (head + trunk). 2 
Fourth finger on posterior extremity of $ reaches, 
or extends more or less beyond the axil, that of the Ç reaching the elbow 
of the adpressed fore limb. 
SCALING. 3 
(See Plate I.) 
B o s t r a 1 shield does not touch the nostril in any of examined 
specimens, remaining separated from it by the under part of supranasal ; 
rostral and internasal are widely separated. F r o n t a 1 in both sexes same 
length as, slightly shorter, somewhat or visibly longer than the distance 
between anterior corner of frontal and the tip of snout. The shape of the 
frontal’s anterior borders is variable; sometimes presenting a convex arch 
turned towards the tip of snout, and at others remaining straight on both 
sides. We meet however with individuals in which those borders represent 
two arches, each of which are concave towards their middle point ; but 
transitory formations can also be found in which the character of these 
lines cannot be clearly established. I nevertheless noticed that in the speci¬ 
mens in which these anterior borders take the form of concave arches, the 
lines may be observed on both sides in the region of the anterior corner 
of the frontal shield following a more or less visible convex direction, and 
adopting thus a shape somewhat resembling a Bourbon-lily. 4 Frontal and I. 
1 This character could not be fully examined the specimens having been defigured 
by the slit made in their stomach. 
2 The tails are almost all reproduced, and so this character has not been observable 
in an accurate manner. 
3 For precise details regarding the slight modifications or aberrations (split scales, 
intercalary scales) in each specimen see the «Tabellarie survey of the main characters of 
pholidosis in each specimen». 
4 There is an interesting phenomenon to be noticed on the semiad. $ from Lisbon : 
the anterior corner of frontal and the posterior one of internasal are not widely separated 
by the supranasalias suture, but these four shields meet all in one point. (PI. I. fig. 4.) 
Annales Musei Rationalis Hungarici. XIII. 
