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 1 9- Gonyocephalus auritus Meyer. 



Gonyocephalus (Hypsiliirns) aurlius^ Meyer, Mon, Berl. Ac, 1874, p. 130. 

 Gonyocephalus (Arua) auritus^ Peters e Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova XIII, 



1878, p. 382. 

 Gotiyocephalus aitritns^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. I 1885, p. 295; Trans. Zool. Soc. 



London XX 1914, p. 225, pi. XXVIII, fig. 3. 



Snout a little longer than the diameter of the orbit; canthus 

 rostralis sharp; supraciliary borders normally raised; tympanum 

 as large as the eye-opening. Head-scales small, subequal, keeled, 

 the occipital enlarged, those below the ear small; between 

 the eye and the ear a few enlarged ones; nine or ten upper 

 and eight or nine lower labials. Gular sac large, without ser- 

 rated edge, covered with small smooth scales, the anterior 

 largest. Body compressed; nuchal and dorsal crests subcontinu- 

 ous, notched above the shoulder; the former composed of 

 triangular scales, separated from each other, inserted on a fold 

 of the skin, longer than the diameter of the tympanum; latter 

 much lower, covered at the base with very small keeled scales. 

 Dorsal scales small, equal, keeled; ventral scales a little larger 

 and strongly keeled. Tail compressed, with a serrated edge 

 above and covered with small keeled scales, the inferior largest; 

 its length not quite thrice that of head and body. Limbs long, 

 slender, covered with equal, keeled scales; the hind limb reaches 

 between the eye and the nostril; fourth finger a little longer 

 than third. 



Dark brown above, reticulated with blackish; black lines 

 radiating from the eye; a black spot on each side of the head, 

 involving the ear and bordered by a reddish-brown streak, 

 which extends to below the eye; sometimes the black spot is 

 broken up into smaller ones. Limbs and tail with dark bands. 

 Lower parts yellowish-brown; throat reddish, gular sac bluish 

 with a network of brown and black. Length of head and body 

 125 mm.; tail 349 mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Jobi, Fak Fak!, Sorong, Dorei 

 Hum, Dorei, Passim, Rubi, Wendesi!, Mimika river!, Stekwa 

 river, Utakwa river, 2500 feet, Lorentz river!, Etna Bay!, 

 Bogadjim on Astrolabe Bay). 



20. Gonyocephalus bruyni Ptrs. & Doria. 



Gonyocephalus (Hypsilurus) Bruynii, Peters e Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova 



XIII 1878, p. 379. 

 Gonyocephalus bruynii^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. I 1885, p. 295. 



