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Show 1897.] REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS OF CELEBES. 211 end of the snout and the fore limb contained once and one-sixth once and one-third in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse; supraocular region much swollen. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal; no supranasal; two superposed loreals behind the nasal, the lower in contact with the lower praeocular ; rostral forming a straight or slightly curved suture with the frontonasal, which is twice as broad as long; prefrontals forming a median suture; frontal as long as frontoparietals and interparietal together, much narrowed behind, in contact with the three or four anterior supraoculars; seven or eight supraoculars, first much longer than second ; twelve to fifteen supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, subequal in size; parietals forming a short suture behind the interparietal; no nuchals ; fifth and sixth, or fourth, fifth, and sixth upper labials below the eye. Ear-opening large, oval, a little smaller than the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 44 or 46 smooth scales round the middle of the body, laterals smallest. A pair of enlarged praeanals. The hind limb reaches the shoulder or a little beyond. Digits elongate, compressed ; subdigital lamellae unicarinate, 22 to 24 under the fourth toe. Tail about twice as long as head and body. Brown above, with small darker spots and more or less distinct, wavy, yellowish-brown cross-bars; a more or less distinct dorso-lateral series of small yellowish spots ; limbs with dark brown or blackish vertical bars ; a black stripe on each side of the pelvis and the base of the tail, bordered above by a yellowish streak or a series of yellowish spots ; lower parts yellowish white. mm. Total length 236 Head 18 Width of head 12 Body 58 Fore limb 24 Hind hmb 46 Tail 160 Six specimens were obtained in Central Celebes, in the low-land and in the hills up to an altitude of 650 feet. 24. LYGOSOMA VARIEGATUM, Ptrs. Numerous specimens: Loka, Bonthain Peak, 3800 feet. Bantimurong, near Maros, Loka (Weber). Indrulaman (Everett). The Celebes specimens have 38 or 40 scales round the middle of the body, and 20-24 lamellae under the fourth toe. The dorsolateral series of light spots are often confluent and form a pair of yellowish streaks along the neck and body; the throat of the males is often blue or bluish. Peters has recorded Lygosoma fasclatum, Gray, a Philippine species of the Section Hlnulla, as having been obtained by Dr. A. B. Meyer at Gorontalo. Not having the means of verifying the determination, I prefer to leave the species out of this list. 14* |