E. beddomei is named after Richard Henry Beddome, 1830-1911, British army officer and botanist.

Nostril behind vertical of suture between rostral and first labial; no postnasal; anterior loreal deeper and shorter than the second, in contact with the first labial; supranasals in contact behind the rostral; frontonasal broader than long, sometimes in contact with the frontal; the latter usually as long as, or a little shorter than, the frontoparietals and interparietal together, sometimes not longer than the frontoparietals, in contact with the second, or rarely first and second, supraoculars; 4 supraoculars, second largest; 6 supraciliaries, first longest; frontoparietals distinct, as long as or longer than the interparietal, which usually entirely separates the parietals; a pair of nuchals; 4 labials anterior to the subocular, which is large and not narrower below.

Ear-opening oval, as large as a lateral scale, or a little smaller, with three short pointed lobules anteriorly.

The coloration varies considerably, but a lateral black band, edged above and below with a whitish streak, is constant.

"[4] Eutropis beddomei is found in southern India (Salem, Tinnevelly, Malabar, Mysore, etc.