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round the middle of the body; the distance between the end 

 of the snout and the fore limb is two thirds of that between 

 axilla and groin ; praeanals enlarged. Tail not quite one time 

 and a half as long as head and body. Limbs well developed; 

 the adpressed hind limb does not reach the shoulder; digits 

 compressed, with 17 — 20 keeled, divided lamellae under the 

 fourth toe. 



Reddish-brown above, spotted with dark or with irregular 

 light • transverse bands; a dorso-lateral series of dark brown 

 spots, sometimes indistinct; lips black with white spots; throat 

 with dark longitudinal lines. Lower parts dirty white; tail 

 black-dotted below. Length of head and body 58 mm.; tail 88 mm. 



Habitat: Celebes (Mahawu Volcano near Tomohon!, Masa- 

 rang Volcano, Upper Bone Valley, Rurukan!). 



2. Lygosoma cumingi (Gray). 



Oiosaurus cumingii^ Gray, Cat. 1845, p. 93. 



Lygosoma cumifigii^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Ill 1887, p. 249, pi. XVI fig. 2. 



Lygosoma cumingii^ Vogt, Sitz. ber. Ges. Naturf. Fr. 191 1, p. 417 ; id. 191 2, p. 356. 



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

 oval, almost as large as the eye-opening; tympanum not much 

 sunk, no lobules. Nostril in the nasal; supranasal large, in 

 contact with its fellow; frontonasal small, a little more broad than 

 long, in contact with the frontal; latter as long as or a little 

 shorter than the frontoparietals and parietals together, in 

 contact with the four anterior supraoculars; eight supraoculars, 

 first twice as long as second, last very small; 12 to 14 supra- 

 ciliaries; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, about equal; 

 parietals in contact; no nuchals; sixth and seventh upper 

 labials below the eye, 46 — 50 smooth scales round the middle 

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

 of the snout and the fore limb nearly equals that between 

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

 a half the length of head and body. Limbs well developed ; 

 the adpressed hind limb reaches the shoulder or halfway 

 between the shoulder and the ear; digits long, compressed, 

 fourth toe with 22 — 24 keeled, divided lamellae below. 



Reddish-brown above, spotted with black; a lateral series 

 of blackish spots, very large on the sides of the neck, and 

 bordered with small white spots; lips spotted with brown. 



