1-20 Lweiiiche. 



imbricate, the posterior Ijorder obtusely jjointed, the largest a little 

 broader than loug, iu 10 longitudinal and 29 to 33 transverse series. 

 6 smooth preaual plates, two larger pairs, one in front of the other, and 

 a smaller pair on each side, or 5 plates, two in front and three behind.* 

 Upper surface of limbs with large, rhombic, keeled scales. 12 or 

 13 femoral pores on each side. 28 to 30 lamellar scales under the 

 fourth toe. 



Caudal scales forming whorls of nearly equal length, keeled and 

 pointed behind, above and beneath, 2-t in the fifth whorl behind the 

 postanal granules. 



Bluish green above and lieueath (in spirit), darker on the back, or 

 very dark olive above and greenish white beneath ; eight longitudinal 

 series of small round light spots on the nape and back, with small 

 black spots lietween them ; head dark olive above, with a few small 

 black spots, bluish green ou the sides, with black lines on the sutures 

 between the labial shields ; upper surface of anterior third of tail with 

 regular dark cross-bars. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



1. 2. 



From end of snout to vent . 



,, ,, ,, fore limb . 



Length of head .... 

 Width of head .... 

 Depth of head .... 

 Fore limb ..... 

 Hind limb ..... 

 Foot ...... 



Tail 



1. $ , type. 2. cj , Equateur District. 



This species was described from a single female specimen, probably 

 not full-grown, obtained by Dr. C. Christy at Madje, Ituri district, 

 Belgian Congo, and preserved in the Congo Museum, Tervueren. A 

 second specimen, a male, from the Equateur district of the Belgian 

 Congo, was received by the Congo Museum, and is now in the British 

 Museum. Three further specimens, from the same locality as the 

 type, form part of the collection of the American Museum Congo 

 Expedition. 



* Sometimes 2 large preanal.s, one in front of tlie otlier, according to 

 Schmidt; the difference is not sexual as in Poromera. 



