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Show 1897.] REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS OP CELEBES. 209 21. LYGOSOMA TROPIDONOTUS, sp. n. (Plate X. fig. 1.) Section Hlnulla. Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout and the fore limb contained once and one-fifth 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 loreal shields behind the nasal, separated from the lower praeocular by a third loreal; rostral forming a straight suture with the frontonasal, which is nearly twice as broad as long and forms a narrow suture with the frontal; latter shield twice as long as broad, much narrowed behind, in contact with the three anterior supraoculars; six supraoculars, first nearly twice as long as second ; ten supra-ciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, subequal in size; parietals forming a short suture behind the interparietal; nuchal present on one side; fourth, fifth, and sixth upper labials below the eye. Ear-opening large, oval, a little smaller than the eye-opening; no auricular lobules. 42 scales round the middle of the body ; lateral scales smallest; dorsal and lateral scales strongly keeled. A pair of enlarged preeanals. The hind limb reaches a little beyond the shoulder. Digits elongate, compressed; sub-digital lamellae unicarinate, 27 under the fourth toe. Blackish brown above, with irregular transverse series of small, round, yellowish-white spots ; sides of head and neck with yellowish-white vertical bars ; limbs and tail with light cross-bars ; lower parts brownish white. mm. Total length (tail in process of regeneration). . 118 Head 14 Width of head 10 Body 47 Fore limb 23 Hind limb 36 Kingdom of Luhu, Central Celebes, 1200 feet. A single specimen. 22. LYGOSOMA NIGRILABRE, Gthr. Lygosoma (Hlnulla) amahlle, F. Midler, Verh. nat. Ges. Basel, x. 1894, p. 833. Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout and the fore limb contained once and one-sixth to once and one-third in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse ; supraocular region much sw?ollen. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal; no supranasal; two superposed loreal shields behind the nasal, the lower usually in contact with the lower praeocular; rostral forming a straight suture with the frontonasal, wdiich is twice as broad as long; praefrontals usually forming a median suture, rarely meeting by their inner angles ; frontal as long as or a little shorter than frontoparietals and interparietal together, more or less narrowed posteriorly, in contact with the three anterior P R O C ZOOL. Soc.-1897, No. XIV. 14 |
