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in the nasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal squarish, forming a 

 short suture with the rostral and the frontal ; latter twice as 

 broad as the supraocular region, as long as frontoparietals and 

 interparietal together, in contact with the first supraocular and 

 the first supraciliary ; four supraoculars; five supraciliaries ; 

 frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, latter largest ; parietals 

 in contact behind the interparietal ; one pair of nuchals and 

 two temporals on each side; orbit separated from the upper 

 labials by a series of small scales; fourth upper labial below 

 the eye, five upper and four lower labials. Body long, 34 — 38 

 smooth scales round the middle ; praeanals strongly enlarged. 

 Tail thick, one time and one third the length of the body, 

 with flat upper surface and sides and sharp edges at the base. 

 Limbs short, widely separated when adpressed ; digits short, 

 14 lamellae under the fourth toe. 



Pale brown above, with 7 — 9 dark brown longitudinal lines, 

 about ^/^ — I mm. broad, covering the middle part of the 

 scales ; on the flanks these lines are broken up and fuse ; 

 head lead-coloured ; two oblique yellowish streaks from the 

 eye to the throat. Lower parts yellowish ; throat with dark 

 brown spots; lower part of tail dark brown. Length of head 

 and body 89 mm.; tail 120 mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Lorentz river!, Sattelberg). 



56. Lygosoma oligolepis Boulenger. 



Lygosoma oligolepis^ Boulenger, Trans. Zool. Soc. London XX 1914, p. 261, 

 pi. XXX fig. 2. 



Head small, flat; snout obtusely pointed; lower eyelid 

 scaly; ear-opening oval, slightly smaller than the eye-opening, 

 no lobules. Nostril in the nasal; frontonasal more broad than long, 

 in contact with the rostral and with the frontal ; praefrontals 

 small, separated ; frontal broader than the supraocular region, 

 more long than broad, smaller than the frontoparietals and inter- 

 parietal together, in contact with the first supraciliary and 

 the two anterior supraoculars; four supraoculars; seven supra- 

 ciliaries; frontoparietals and interparietal subequal; parietals 

 in contact; three to five pair of broad nuchals; fifth upper 

 labial below the eye. Body long; the distance between the 

 tip of the snout and the fore limb is contained twice in that 

 between axilla and groin ; 24 smooth scales round the middle, 



