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RE-DESORIPTION OF AN ABLEPIIARUS FROM 



AUSTRALIA. 



By J. Douglas Ogilby. 



AbLEPIIARUS BOULENGERI, sp. 710V* 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb is rather less than one-half the distance between 

 the axilla and groin. Head small ; snout moderate, obtuse ; 

 rostral not projecting. Eye incompletely surrounded by granules. 

 No.stril pierced in a nasal ; supra-nasals present. Frontonasal 

 large, forming a narrow suture with the rostral and a .slightly 

 broader one with the frontal ; pre-frontals small ; frontal penta- 

 gonal, forming a rounded angle posteriorly, not so long as the 

 fronto-parietal and inter-parietal together, nuich larger than the 

 prefrontals, and in contact with the two anterior supra-oculars ; 

 four supra-oculars, the second much the largest ; six supra-ciliaries, 

 the first large the last minute ; fronto-parietal single, cordiforiii, 

 followed by a moderate inter-parietal ; parietals forming a median 

 suture behind the inter-parietal ; a pair of enlarged nuchals on 

 either side ; lifth upper labial beneatli the eye, much larger than 

 the others. Ear-opening large, oval, oblique, with no distinct 

 anterior lol)ules. Thirty smooth scales round the middle of the 

 body. Limbs moderately developed, pentadactyle ; the adpressed 

 limbs do not meet ; subdigital lamelhe sixteen beneath the fourth 

 toe. Tail not quite so long as head and body. Colours — Bronzy 

 above, each of the scales of the back with a dull blackish spot, 

 which on either side of the vertebral colunni form an indistinct 

 darker band ; tail without spots ; a pale salmon-colored lateral 

 band extending from the angle of the mouth, through the ear- 

 opening, and passing above the fore limb to the groin, bordered 

 above by n broader, below by a narrower black band ; lips and 

 cheeks freckled with black ; upper surface of the limbs bronzy, 

 with lighter and darker spots ; lower sides of head and body 

 white tinted with green, of tail salmon color, the last fifth silvery, 

 spotted with black. 



Inches. Millini. 



Total length 3-57 ... 90 



Length of head ... ... 0'33 ... 8 



Width of head 0-24 ... 6 



Length of body ... ... 1-52 ... 38 



Length of fore limb 0-40 ... 9 



Length of hind limb ... 0-65 ... IG 



Length of tail 172 ... 44 



The beautiful Lizard described abo\ e is another of Mr. McCooey's 

 discoveries at Brawlin. I have taken the liberty of dedicating 



*See foot-note * p. 8. 



