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Greenish-bronzy above, strongly iridescent, with small black 

 spots; sides dark brown with black and yellow dots; a light 

 dorso-latcral streak, beginning at the eye ; dorsal scales with 



Fig. 89. Lygosoma iridcscens Blgr. 



dark brown striae. Lower parts pale green, palm and sole 

 bright yellow. Length of head and body 50 mm. ; tail 1 1 1 mm. 

 Habitat: Waigeu ! ; New Guinea (Fak Fak, Sermowai river ! , 

 Kaiserin- Augusta river!, Lorentz river!, Mimika river, Stekwa 

 river, Mt. Victoria in Owen Stanley Range, Bara Bara on 

 Milne Bay); Aru Islands. 



94. Lygosoma cyanurum (Lesson). 



Scincus cyanurus^ Lesson, Voy. Coquille Zool. II 1830, p. 49, pi. IV fig. 2. 



Lygosoma cyanurum^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Ill 1887, p. 290 (s. syn.). 



Emoia cyanurum^ Barbour, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. Coll. XLIV 1912, ]i. 93. 



Snout pointed; lower eyelid with a transparent disk; ear- 

 opening oval, about as large as the palpebral disk, with two 



