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Show 214 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE [Feb. 2, groin. Snout short, pointed. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril pierced in a single nasal; no supranasal ; frontonasal nearly twice as broad as long, forming a broad suture with the rostral; praefrontals forming a median suture; frontal nearly as long as frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; five supraoculars, first longest ; eight or nine, supraciliaries; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, subequal; parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal; no enlarged nuchals ; fourth and fifth upper labials below the eye. Ear-opening oval, smaller than the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 30 or 32 smooth scales round the middle of the body, laterals smallest. A pair of enlarged praeanals. The adpressed limbs fail to meet. Digits subcylindrical; sub-digital lamellae smooth, 13 to 15 under the fourth toe. Beddish brown above, freckled with dark brown, or dark brown with light dots or small spots; a more or less distinct blackish lateral stripe; lower parts yellowish white, throat and sides more or less speckled with dark brown. mm. Total length 95 Head 9 Width of head 5 Body 33 Fore limb 10 Hind limb 13 Tail (reproduced) 53 The type specimen was obtained on the summit of the Sudara Volcano (4450 feet) ; three specimens were further obtained in the Masarang Bange. 29. LYGOSOMA CYANURUM, Less. Several specimens : Kema, Paloppo, Posso. Minahassa, Gorontalo, Tomini Bay (Meyer). Kandari (Beccarl). Luhu ( Weber). The specimen from Kandari, S.E. Celebes, referred to L. haudinii by Peters and Doria, and which has been kindly sent to me for inspection by Dr. Gestro, proves to belong to this species. 30. LYGOSOMA ABROCOSTATUM, Less. Several specimens : Buol (N. Celebes), Paloppo (C. Celebes), and south coast of N. Celebes, near Paguat and Malibagu. Gorontalo (Meyer). Kandari (Beccarl). 31. LYGOSOMA BOWRINGI, Gray. This species was known from Hong Koug, Burma, Singapore, and Borneo (L. whiteheadi, Mocquard). Two specimens were obtained at Buol by the Drs. Sarasin. One has 28 scales round the middle of the body, the other 26. |
