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edged or with a black centre. (See Werner, Mitt. Zool. Samml. 

 Berlin I 1900, p. 57). 



Pelew Islands!; Marshall and Caroline Islands! (Ponapel). 



40. Lygosoma vyneri Shelford. 



Lygosoma vyneri^ Shelford, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) XV 1905, p. 208. 



Snout obtusely pointed, slightly depressed ; lower eyelid 

 scaly ; ear-opening small. Nostril in the nasal ; supranasals 

 present, separated ; frontonasal as broad as long, in contact 

 with the rostral; frontal as long as the frontoparietals and 

 parietals together, in contact with the two anterior supraocu- 

 lars; five supraoculars, second largest, last very small; eight 

 supraciliaries, first and second largest; frontoparietals a little 

 shorter than the interparietal, which almost entirely separates 

 the parietals; a pair of nuchals; four upper labials before the 

 subocular. Body with 21 — 22 smooth scales round the middle, 

 dorsals larger than ventrals ; the distance between the tip of 

 the snout and the fore limb is contained one time and one 

 third in the distance between axilla and groin ; praeanals feebly 

 enlarged. Tail as long as head and body. Limbs strong, over- 

 lapping when adpressed ; digits slender, compressed distally, 

 fourth toe with 15 — 20 smooth lamellae below. 



Olive-grey above with four longitudinal series of black-edged 

 scales; some of the head-scales black-edged; sides of neck 

 and body and limbs brown, each scale black-edged. Lower 

 parts pale green. Length of head and body 66 mm. ; tail 66 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Mt. Balineau in Sarawak!, Upper-Ma- 

 hakkam river!). 



41. Lygosoma nieuwenhuisi Lidth. 



Lygosoma Nleuwenhuisii^ van Lidth de Jeude, Notes Ley den Mus. XXV 1905, 

 p. 195. 



Snout long, pointed, depressed; lower eyelid scaly; ear- 

 opening very small, with one lobule anteriorly. Nostril in the 

 nasal ; supranasals small, separated ; frontonasal as long as 

 broad, in contact with the rostral and narrowly with the frontal; 

 latter shorter than frontoparietal and parietal together, in 

 contact with the two anterior supraoculars ; five supraoculars, 

 second largest, last very small ; frontoparietals shorter than 

 the interparietal; parietals in contact behind the latter; a pair 



