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ear-opening small, with or without one or two small lobules 

 anteriorly. Nostril in the nasal, or between a nasal and a 

 postnasal; no supranasals; frontonasal as long as broad or 

 more broad than long, broadly in contact with the rostral and 

 sometimes with the frontal ; latter as long as frontoparietal 

 and parietal together or longer still, in contact with the three 

 anterior supraoculars; four supraoculars; numerous supracilia- 

 ries; frontoparietals much larger than the interparietal; parietals 

 in contact behind the latter, sometimes separated by the 

 interparietal ; one to three pair of nuchals and a pair of large 

 temporals; five to seven upper labials before the subocular. 

 Body strong, the distance between the tip of the snout and 

 the fore limb is contained about one time and one third in 

 that between axilla and groin; 20 — 26 scales round the middle, 

 the two vertebral series largest, all smooth or dorsals with 

 four low keels; praeanals not or feebly enlarged. Tail one and 

 one third time to two times the length of head and body. Limbs 

 strong, the hind limb reaches the elbow or the axil; digits 

 slender, strongly compressed distally, fourth toe with 28 — 35 

 smooth lamellae below. Heel with a large roundish or oval scale. 



Green, blue, olive or brown above, with or without dark 

 and light spots and dark edges to the scales ; sometimes a 

 light lateral band. Lower parts yellowish or greenish. Length 

 of head and body 103 mm.; tail 156 mm. 



Nom in dig. Ulowa (Toradja-name). 



Habitat: Java; Borneo (Sandakan Bay!); Celebes (Manado!, 

 Minahassa, Posso!, Buol!, Mapane!, Pare Pare, Sakedi, Ma- 

 cassar); Saleyer!; Lombok!; Sumba!; Savu!; Rotti!; Timor!; 

 Flores!; Ombaai!; Damma!; Wetar; Timor Laut!; Kei Islands!; 

 Ambon!; Ceram!; Obi; Ternate!; Halmahera!; Morotai!; Misol!; 

 Batjan!; Salawatti; Waigeu!; New Guinea (Mafoor, Jobi, Ma- 

 naswari!, Dorei, Mansinam, Sorong, Fak Fak!, Manokwari ! , 

 Tami river!; Mawes!, Sermowai river!, Jakari!, Tanah Merah 

 Bay!, Humboldt Bay!, lake Sentani!, Mimika river!, Bongu, 

 Bogadjim, Astrolabe Bay!, Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, Berlin- 

 hafen. Five Bay, Aroma, Bara Bara!); Valise and Tumbler 

 Islands; Schouten Islands (Mysore). — Pelew Islands; Philip- 

 pines; Formosa; Trobriand Island; Ferguson Island; Bismarck 

 Archipelago; Solomon Islands; Duke of York Island; Admi- 

 ralty, Caroline and Marshall Islands; Santa Cruz. 



The eggs are laid under the barks of trees; they measure 



