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Show 1896.] BATRACHIANS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 875 body was 32 mm., and the tail (of which the tip was broken) 36 mm. The upper surface of head was light brown, the scales being edged with black lines. A black line through eye. Lips and chin immaculate black. The back, sides, and upper surfaces of the limbs were black, with wavy, irregular but well-defined transverse lines, pale greenish-white anteriorly, gradually getting yellowish further back till those across the base of the tail were yellowish-red. The hrwer surfaces of the body and limbs were greenish-white. The lower surfaces of the toes and palms of feet were brown. The tail was bright red, paler beneath. Hab. Tenasserim, Nicobars, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 42. LYGOSOMA SINGAPORENSE, Stdr. Eumeces (Mabouya) slngaporensls, Steindachn. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, lxii. i. 1870, p. 341, pl. iv. fig. 2. Lygosoma singaporense, Boul. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 297. Steindachner described this species from a specimen from Singapore. Hab. Malay Peninsula. 43. LYGOSOMA JERDONIANUM, Stol. Mabouya jerdonlana, Stol. J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 172. Lygosoma jerdonianum, Boul. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 300. Stoliczka caught the type specimen and saw others on the little island of Pulo Tikus, Penang, and mentions having observed a very similar, or the same species on one of the small islands near Singapore. Hab. Malay Peninsula. 44. LYGOSOMA BOWRINGII, Gthr. Eumeces bowringii, Giinther, Rept. Brit. India, p. 91. Euprepes (Biopa) punctatostrlatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, P-31- Lygosoma bowringii, Boul. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 308, pl. xxiii. fig. 3. Peters records a specimen from Singapore. Hab. Burma, Hongkong, and Malay Peninsula. 45. LYGOSOMA ALBOPUNCTATUM, Gray. Eumeces punctatus, Cantor, p. 45. Biopa albopunctata, Stoliczka. Lygosoma albopunctatum, Boul. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 309. Cantor says, it " is numerous in tbe Malayan countries, both on hills and in valleys. Peninsula, Pinang, and Singapore." Stoliczka found it in the collection he got from Penang and Province Wellesley. Hab. India, Assam, Burma, and Malay Peninsula. |