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the rostral; praefrontals forming a suture; frontal as long as 



frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the 



four anterior supraoculars; seven 

 supraoculars, first longer than 

 second, last very small; ten su- 

 praciliaries, first largest; fronto- 

 parietal and interparietal equal; 

 parietals in contact; no nuchals; 

 fifth and sixth upper labials 

 largest and below the eye. Body 

 with 40 (42) finely striated scales 

 round the middle, laterals small- 

 est; the distance between the 

 tip of the snout and the fore 

 limb is contained one time and 

 one fifth in that between axilla 

 and groin; praeanals enlarged. 

 Limbs strong, the hind limb 

 reaches the ear; digits long, 

 compressed, fourth toe with 26 

 keeled lamellae below. 

 Pale brown above, with strong metallic gloss and small 



dark spots in short longitudinal series; a dark loreal streak; 



edge of lips blackish. Lower parts white. Length of head 



and body 50 mm.; tail 74 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the Amsterdam Museum. 

 Habitat: Flores!; Damma Island. 



Fig. 74. Lygosoma striolatum M. Web. 

 (After Max Weber). 



30. Lygosoma kiihnei Roux. 



Lygosoma (Hinulla) Kiihnei^ Roux, Abh. Senck. Ges. XXXIII 1 910, p. 237, 

 Taf. XIII, fig. 2. 



Snout short, obtuse; lower eyelid scaly; ear-opening large, 

 oval, as large as the eye, no lobules. Nostril in the nasal; 

 no supranasals; rostral broad; one anterior loreal; frontonasal 

 more than twice as broad as long, in contact with the rostral; 

 praefrontals forming a suture; frontal as long as frontoparietals 

 and interparietal together, in contact with the four anterior 

 supraoculars; seven supraoculars, first longest; eleven supra- 

 ciliaries, first largest; frontoparietals and interparietal equal; 

 parietals in contact; no nuchals; fifth upper labial largest and 

 below the eye. Body with 42 smooth scales round the middle, 



