195 



the distance between the tip of the snout and the fore limb 

 is contained one time and one third in that between axilla 

 and groin; praeanals strongly enlarged. Limbs strong, the 

 hind limb reaches the eye; digits moderate, toes very unequal 

 in length, compressed; fourth toe half as long as the distance 

 between axilla and groin, with i6 — 18 keeled lamellae below; 

 first and fifth very short; the subarticular lamellae much en- 

 larged. 



Brown above, with pale reddish-brown cross bands; a blackish 

 lateral streak, beginning at the rostral and sometimes broken 

 up into spots on the posterior part of the body by the light 

 transverse bands and a series of white spots on the flanks, 

 sometimes bordered towards the belly by an indistinct dark 

 streak; labial sutures brownish. Lower parts white, sometimes 

 a series of small black spots along each side of the belly. 

 Length of head and body 70 mm.; tail reproduced. 



Habitat: Nias!; Sumatra (Bandar Kwala, Deli). — • Pinang. 



36. Lygosoma jobiense Meyer. 



Lygosojna (HiniiliaJ Jobiensis^ Meyer, Mon. Beil. Ac. 1874, p. 131. 

 Lygosoma Jobiense^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Ill 1887, p. 247. 



SphenomorpJuis Jobiensis^ Barbour, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. Coll. XLIV 

 1912, p. 90. 



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

 oval, slightly smaller than the eye-opening, no lobules. Nostril 

 in the nasal; no supranasals; two superposed anterior loreals; 

 frontonasal more broad than long, in contact with the rostral, 

 which is long and rounded behind; praefrontals usually forming 

 a suture; frontal as long as frontoparietals and interparietal to- 

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

 five supraoculars, first largest; ten to twelve supraciliaries; 

 frontoparietals a little longer than the interparietal; parietals 

 in contact; sometimes nuchals present; sixth or seventh upper 

 labial below the eye. Body long, the distance between the 

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

 time and a half in that between axilla and groin; 38 — 46 

 smooth scales round the middle, dorsals largest, laterals smallest; 

 praeanals enlarged. Tail about one time and a half the length 

 of head and body. Limbs strong, the hind limb reaches the 

 wrist or the elbow; digits compressed, fourth toe with 18 — 27 

 smooth or keeled lamellae below. 



