498 REPTILES FROM NBW GUINEA, 



clearly defined. Frontonasal broader than long, forming a broad 

 suture with the rostral, a narrower one with the frontal. Frontal 

 as long as the frontoparietal, but narrower. No interparietal. 

 Parietals forming a long suture behind the frontoparietal, bounded 

 caudad by a pair of nuchals and a pair of temporals. Five supra- 

 oculars, the last one minute. Seven supraciliaries. Ear orifice 

 broadly lenticular, with two or three small lobules anteriorly, 

 larger than the palpebral disk. Four labials before the large 

 subocular. 32 to 34 scale rows round the middle of the body ; 

 dorsals trilineated but smooth, larger than ventrals ; ventrals 

 larger than laterals. Preanals slightly or moderately enlarged. 

 The protracted hind limb reaches the axilla. Digits moderate in 

 length ; basal phalanges rounded, distal compressed ; subdigital 

 lamellae smooth, 33 to 3G under the fourth toe. Above olive- 

 brown ; nape and upper surface of head paler and generally 

 immaculate ; back with blackish spots, generally arranged in a 

 regular double line on each side, and sometimes separated by 

 spaces lighter than the ground colour ; sides black, this colour 

 sharply defined above, and especially on the neck, from the ground 

 colour of the upper surface ; on the Hanks interrupted by a pale 

 streak from the axilla to the groin and frequently spotted with 

 pale brown, occasionally with distinct white spots ; beneath yel- 

 lowish-white, more or less stained with green. 



Total length 150mm. Width of head 9mm. 



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Length of head 13 Length of fore limb... 14-5 



Length of head and neck... 20 Length of hind limb.. .24*5 



Length of flank 25 Length of fourth toe 7'5 



Length of tail 100mm. 



Many examples. May be compared with E. singaporensis, 

 Steind. 



Emoa cuneiceps, n.s. 



Habit elongate, slender ; snout elongate, pyramidal, depressed, 

 acuminate. A distinct supranasal. Frontonasal as long as broad, 

 forming a narrow suture with the frontal, a broader one with the 

 rostral. Frontal a little longer than the frontoparietal. Inter- 

 parietal distinct. Parietals forming a short suture behind the 



