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38. Lygosoma sarasinorum Boulenger. 



Lygosoma sarasinorum^ Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1897, p. 210, 

 pi. X fig. 2. 



Snout short, obtuse; supraocular region swollen; lower eye- 

 lid scaly; ear-opening large, oval, a little smaller than the 

 eye-opening, no lobules. Nostril in the nasal; no supranasals; 

 two superposed loreals behind the nasal; frontonasal 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 three or four anterior supraoculars ; 

 seven or eight supraoculars; twelve to fifteen supraciliaries; 

 frontoparietals and interparietal subequal ; parietals in contact; 

 no nuchals; fifth and sixth or fourth to sixth upper labials 

 below the eye. Body with 44 or 46 smooth scales round the 

 middle, laterals smallest; the distance between the tip of the 

 snout and the fore hmb is contained one lime and one sixth 

 to one time and one third in that between axilla and groin; 

 praeanals enlarged. Tail more than twice as long as head and 

 body. Limbs strong, the hind limb reaches the shoulder or 

 beyond ; digits long, compressed, fourth toe with 22 — 24 

 keeled lamellae below. 



Brown above, with small dark spots and wavy yellowish- 

 brown cross bars; a dorso-lateral series of small light spots; 

 limbs with dark bands; a black stripe, on each side of the 

 body beginning anteriorly to the hind limb and continued 

 along the base of the tail, bordered above by a yellowish 

 streak or a series of yellowish spots; base of hind limb with 

 a blackish band posteriorly. Lower parts yellowish-white. Length 

 of head and body '/(y mm.; tail 160 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: Celebes (Bontorio, Luhu 650 feet!). 



Section Keneuxia Gray (fig. Tj). i : 



Lower eyelid scaly ; ear-opening small ; supranasals present 

 or absent. Frontal not broader than the supraocular region ; 

 frontoparietals distinct. Praeanals not or feebly enlarged. Limbs 

 strong, pentadactyle, overlapping when adpressed ; digits com- 

 pressed distally. 



