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Black and white above, 19 black cross bands on the back 

 and the tail; head black, praefrontals and a spot behind the 

 eye white. Lower parts white ; limbs greyish-black above, 

 white below. Length of head and body 71 mm.; tail 85 mm. 

 (After Vogt, not seen by me). 



Habitat: New Guinea (Sepik river). 



63. Lygosoma schoedei Vogt. 



Lygosoma schoedei^ Vogt, Sitz. ber. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin N". I 1912, p. 6. 



Snout moderate, not very obtuse; lower eyelid scaly; ear- 

 opening almost as large as the eye, without auricular lobules. 

 Nostril in the nasal ; no supranasals ; frontonasal more broad than 

 long, forming a suture with the rostral and with the frontal ; 

 latter broader than the supraocular region, shorter than fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal together; seven supraoculars; six 

 supraciliaries; frontoparietals larger than the interparietal; 

 parietals narrow, in contact ; a pair of nuchals and a pair of 

 temporals; fifth upper labial below the eye, from which it is 

 separated by a row of small scales. Body with 26 — 29 scales 

 round the middle, the two vertebral series largest, laterals 

 smallest; the distance between the tip of the snout and the 

 fore limb is contained one time and one third in that between 

 axilla and groin ; praeanals enlarged. Tail thick, round, one 

 time and a half the length of head and body. Limbs short, 

 separated when adpressed, by the length of a fore limb; 

 digits compressed, short; fourth toe with 16 lamellae below. 



Dark brown above, with light brown and dark spots ; labials 

 dark, with light streaks. Lower parts yellowish-brown ; chin 

 and throat with dark spots. Length of head and body 60 mm.; 

 tail 88 mm. (After Vogt, not seen by me). 



Habitat: Valise Island near the coast of German New 

 Guinea. 



64. Lygosoma chalcides (L.). 



Lacerta chalcides^ Linne, Syst. Nat. I 1766, p. 369. 



Lygosoma chalcides^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Ill 1887, p. 340 (s. syn.). 



Snout short; lower eyelid scaly; ear-opening punctiform, 

 about as large as the nostril. Nostril in the nasal; no supra- 

 nasal ; frontonasal more broad than long, in contact with the 

 rostral and with the frontal ; latter small, slightly broader than 



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