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58. Lygosoma longicaudatum n. sp. 



Head small, flat; snout short, obtuse; lower eyelid scaly; 

 ear-opening oval, half the diameter of the eye-opening, no 

 lobules. Nostril in the nasal; no supranasals; rostral reaching 



Fig. 84. Lygosoma longicaudatum n. sp. Tip of tail reproduced. 



between the nasals; frontonasal twice as broad as long, in 

 contact with the rostral; praefrontals rather large, forming a 

 suture ; frontal broader than the supraocular region, as long 

 as frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with 

 the first supraciliary and the two anterior supraoculars; four 

 supraoculars; eight supraciliaries; frontoparietals as long as the 



