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No supranasals; frontonasal much more broad than long, in con- 

 tact with the rostral and sometimes with the frontal ; praefrontals 

 often forming a suture ; frontal a little longer than the fronto- 

 parietal, in contact with the two anterior supraoculars; four 

 supraoculars ; eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietal single ; parietals 

 in contact behind the interparietal; three to five pair of 

 nuchals; fifth upper labial below the eye. Body moderate, the 

 distance between the tip of the snout and the fore limb is 

 contained one time and a half in the distance between axilla 

 and groin; 32 smooth scales round the body, the two vertebral 

 series largest, twice as broad as long; praeanals enlarged. 

 Tail one time and a half the length of head and body. Limbs 

 moderate, the hind limb reaches the elbow; digits slightly 

 compressed, fourth toe with 23 — 25 smooth lamellae below. 



Dark brown above, a broad dark lateral band, formed by 

 black spots, edged with light on the head and the anterior 

 part of the body; flanks greenish-white, black-dotted. Lower 

 parts greenish-white. Length of head and body 60 mm. ; tail 

 90 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Hell wig Mt<?. 2500 M.!, Mt. Victoria 

 in Owen Stanley Range!). 



80. Lygosoma beccarii (Ptrs. & Doria). 



Heteropus beccarii^ Peters & Doiia, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova XIII 1878, p. 36 1. 

 Lygosoma beccarii^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Ill 1887, p. 285. 



Lower eyelid with a transparent disk; ear-opening larger 

 than the palpebral disk, with long, pointed lobules all round 

 its border, those on the anterior border very acute and half 

 as long as the diameter of the ear. Nostril in the nasal; no 

 supranasals ; frontonasal more broad than long, in contact with 

 the rostral and with the frontal ; praefrontals separated ; frontal 

 as long as frontoparietal and interparietal together, in contact 

 with the two anterior supraoculars ; four large supraoculars ; 

 seven or eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietal single ; interparietal 

 small, but distinct; parietals in contact; a pair of temporals 

 and a pair of nuchals ; four labials before the subocular. Body 

 with 38 scales round the middle, dorsals and laterals strongly 

 tricarinate, nuchal scales with many keels; praeanals slightly 

 enlarged. Tail one time and three fourths the length of head and 



