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with keeled scales. Limbs very long and slender, the fore limb, 



laid forwards, surpasses the snout by 

 the whole hand, fourth finger longest; 

 the hind limb surpasses the snout by 

 a third of the fourth toe, which is the 

 longest (fig, 45). Limbs covered with 

 keeled scales. 



Brown above with darker variega- 

 tions; sometimes distinct dark lines, 

 radiating from the eye. Inside of mouth 

 blue. Lower parts lighter; throat some- 

 times with dark spots. Length of head 

 and body 72 mm.; tail 177 mm. 

 N o m. in dig. Sengoeng (Simalur), 

 Habitat: Simalur!; Nias; Pulu 

 Nako!; Mentawei Islands (Sipora!); 

 Sumatra (Deli!, Sungei bulu); Borneo. 



Fig. 45. Aphaniotls acutiros- 

 iris Modigl. Hind limb 



X 2V2- 



2. Aphaniotis fusca (Ptrs). 



Otocryptis (Aphaniotls) fusca^ Peters, Mon. Ak. Berl. 1864, p. 385. 

 Apha7iiotis fusca^ Roulenger, Cat. Liz. I 1885, p. 274. 



Snout rounded, as long as or slightly longer than the dia- 

 meter of the orbit, with sharp canthus rostralis; tympanum 

 hidden, gular sac merely indicated; head with keeled scales, 

 largest on the supraorbital region. Eight upper and eight lower 

 labials. Body compressed, covered with small keeled scales, 

 intermixed with larger ones; a slight dorsal crest. Ventral 

 scales larger than dorsals, keeled. Tail cylindrical, very long. 

 Limbs long and slender, the adpressed hind limb reaches the 

 tip of the snout; fifth toe as long as third. 



Brown above; limbs often with light patches; two dark 

 bands across the supraocular region; a dark spot on the snout; 

 inside of mouth pale blue. Lower parts lighter; throat sometimes 

 with dark lines. Length of head and body 60 mm.; tail 150 mm. 



Habitat: Simalur!; Nias; Sumatra (Lower Langkat, Palem- 

 bang); Singkep; Natuna Islands; Borneo (Santubong, Sarawak, 

 Mt. Matang). — Malacca. 



3. Cophotis Peters. 



(Peters, Mon. Ak. Deri. p. 1103, 1861). 

 Body compressed, covered with large irregular scales. Tym- 



