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dorsals broadest, laterals small; the distance between the tip 

 of the snout and the fore limb is contained a little more than 

 one time in that between axilla and groin; praeanals enlarged. 

 Tail one time and three fourths the length of head and body. 

 Limbs strong, the hind limb reaches the shoulder; digits long, 

 compressed, fourth toe with 34 smooth lamellae, the seven 

 basal ones double, the others single. 



Brown above, with dark spots in two dorso-lateral series; 

 these spots forming zig-zag lines in the middle of the body; 

 sides black on the anterior part of the body, posteriorly grey, 

 black-spotted, tail brownish-grey with dark spots; limbs brown 

 above, dark-spotted, grey below. Lower parts yellowish-grey, 

 spotted with dark grey; throat black; sometimes the mental 

 shield light grey. Of young specimens the sides have a lighter 

 colour, greyish with large white spots, beginning below the 

 eye; a black dorso-lateral line. Length of head and body 

 70 mm.; tail 120 mm. (After Roux, not seen by me). 



Habitat: Kei Islands. biM^vi^iv 



31. Lygosoma melanopogon Dum. & Bibr. 



Lygosoma melanopogon^ part., Dum. & Bibr., Erp. Gen. V 1839, p. 723. 

 Lygosoma melanopogon^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Ill 1887, p. 244 (s. syn.). 



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

 oval, almost as large as the eye-opening, no lobules. Nostril 

 in the nasal; no supranasals; frontonasal at least twice as broad 

 as long, broadly in contact with the large rostral; praefrontals 

 forming a suture, sometimes a small azygos shield between 

 them; frontal as long as frontoparietals and interparietal to- 

 gether, in contact with the three anterior supraoculars; six or 

 seven supraoculars, first twice as long as second; eleven supra- 

 ciliaries; frontoparietals and interparietal subequal; parietals 

 in contact; usually no nuchals; fifth or sixth upper labial largest 

 and below the eye. Body with 44 — 55 smooth scales round 

 the middle, dorsals largest, laterals smallest; the distance be- 

 tween the tip of the snout and the fore limb is contained one 

 time and two fifths to one time and a half in that between 

 axilla and groin; praeanals enlarged. Tail nearly one time and 

 a half the length of head and body. Limbs strong, the hind 

 limb reaches the elbow or beyond; digits compressed, fourth 

 toe with 17 — 19 keeled lamellae below. 



