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above the cheeks; flanks brown-spotted, with a light Hne, 

 sometimes indistinct, from axilla to groin; limbs with light 

 spots, bordered posteriorly with dark brown; tail with dark 

 transverse bands and a few blackish spots on each side of 

 the base. Lower parts reddish, with small dark spots; throat 

 dark, with a light longitudinal streak on each side. Length of 

 head and body loi mm.; tail 313 mm. 



Habitat: Damma; Babber!; Timor Laut!; Kei Islands; 

 New Guinea (Merauke!, Aroma, Borepata, Inawi, Kelesi!, Di- 

 nawa!, Vikaiku, Katow, Mt. Epa, Fly River!). — N.Australia. 



2. Physignathus maculilabris Boulenger. 



Lophognathus maculilabris^ Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (5) XII 1883, p. 2265 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 386, pi. XLI. 

 Physignathiis maculilabris^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. I 1885, p. 398. 



Snout obtuse, as long as the distance between the orbit 

 and the posterior border of the ear. Nostril equally distant 

 from the orbit and the tip of the snout. Head covered with 

 very strongly keeled scales; gular scales strongly keeled. Body 

 compressed, covered with small scales, the upper largest, strongly 

 keeled, obliquely directed upwards; a small dorsal crest. Ven- 

 tral scales strongly keeled, larger than the largest dorsals '), 

 Tail slightly compressed, with a serrated ridge on the upper 

 basal part. Limbs long; toes denticulated laterally. 



Olive above, with blackish transverse markings across the 

 back, tail and limbs; head with two dark transverse bands, 

 bordered with white, the first on the snout, the second on 

 the supraocular region; a broad dark band from orbit to 

 tympanum, bordered inferiorly by a light band, extending to 

 above the fore limb; dark lines radiating from the eye; lips 

 light, with blackish markings. Base of tail with oval blackish 

 spots on each side, bordered with white. Lower parts whitish, 

 dotted all over with blackish. Length of head and body 98 mm.; 

 tail 290 mm. 



Type-specimens examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: Timor Laut!. 



i) The only two specimens known being females, there are no femoral or 

 praeanal pores. 



