229 



4- 26 scales round the body; 19 — 20 lamel- 

 lae under the fourth toe 78. L. subnitens p. 238. 



5. 32 scales round the body ; 23 — 25 lamel- 

 lae under the fourth toe 79. L, sianleyanum p. 238. 



B. Fingers four, toes five. 



t Ear opening larger than the palpebral disk. 



I. Interparietal present. 



a. Frontal as long as frontoparietal and inter- 

 parietal together 80. L. bcccarii p. 239. 



b. Frontal as long as frontoparietal or shorter. 

 I. 30 — 32 scales round the body; 26 — 32 



lamellae under the fourth toe %\. L. bicarinatuni p. 240. 



2- 32 — 38 scales round the body; 28 — 33 



lamellae under the fourth toe 82. L. fuscum p. 241. 



3. 42 scales round the body; 32 lamellae 



under the fourth toe 83. L. pullum p. 242. 



II. No interparietal; 34 — 38 scales round the 



body; 30 — 32 lamellae under the fourth toe 84. L. nigrigulare p. 243. 

 ft Ear-opening smaller than the palpebral disk. 



1. Ear-opening much smaller than the pal- 

 pebral disk, with lobules all round its 



border 85. L. novae-guineae p. 244. 



2. Ear-opening a little smaller than the 

 palpebral disk, with a single lobule 



anteriorly 86. L. curtum p. 245. 



66. Lygosoma virens (Ptrs). 



Lipinia virens. Peters, Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. 1881, p. 81. 



Lygosoma virens^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Ill 1887, p. 254. 



Liolepisma virens^ Lucas, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales XXIII 1898. p. 358. 



Snout long, pointed; lower eyelid with a transparent disk; 

 ear-opening vertical, with rounded lobules anteriorly. Nostril 

 in the nasal; no supranasals; frontonasal broad, forming a 

 broad suture with the rostral; praefrontals in contact; frontal 

 long, rounded posteriorly, in contact with the three anterior 

 supraoculars ; five supraoculars, first longest ; frontoparietals 

 and interparietal distinct; parietals in contact behind the latter ; 

 two or three pair of nuchals; eight upper labials, separated 

 from the eye by small scales, seventh small, below the centre 

 of the eye. Body with 30, 32 or 34 scales round the middle, 

 laterals smallest, dorsals, especially four median rows largest; 

 praeanals enlarged. Limbs strong, the hind limb reaches the 



