Reptiles and Batrachians from Ceram. 353 
Typhlops ligorostris, sp. n. 
Head depressed ; snout strongly projecting, with a sharp 
horizontal edge ; nostril inferior; rostral one-half the width 
of the head, not extending to the level of the eyes; nasal 
completely divided, the cleft proceeding from the second 
labial ; preeocular not larger than the ocular, in contact with 
the second and third labials; eyes distinct; praefrontals 
enlarged. Body with 22 scales round the middle, its diameter 
50 times its total length ; tail 24 times as long as broad. 
Light grey-brown above, paler below. 
‘Total length 400 mm. 
One specimen from Teloeti Bay, S. Ceram. 
Nearest to 7. depressiceps, Sternfeld, from which it differs 
in the smaller preocular shield and the number of scales 
round the body. 
Rana grisea, var. ceramensis, nov. 
Differs from the typical form in the longer snout, nar- 
rower head, and much smaller eye. 
Vomerine teeth in oblique groups between the choanz and 
extending a little beyond their posterior borders. Head 
longer than broad, snout obtusely pointed, one and a half 
times as long as the eye; canthus rostralis strong, loreal 
region slightly oblique, deeply concave ; nostril much nearer 
the tip of the snout than the eye ; distance between the 
nostrils equal to the interorbital width, which is 3 that of the 
upper eyelid ; tympanum # diameter of the eye. 
Limbs as in typical &. grisea ; the tibio-tarsal articulation 
reaching to well beyond the tip of the snout. Feet with 
slightly less web, the last two phalanges of the fourth toe on 
both sides and of the second and third toes on the inner side 
being free. 
Skin of the back finely granulate. A moderately broad 
and distinct dorso-lateral glandular fold to the hip. 
Brown above, uniform ; loreal and temporal regions darker ; 
limbs with distinct cross-bands; belly and lower part of 
thighs brownish white, throat dark brown; throat ‘and belly 
with large white spots. 
One specimen from Manusela, Central Ceram, at 3000 feet. 
Collected December 1919. 
The following measurements are compared with a specimen 
of R. grisea, forma typica, from New Guinea, in the British 
Museum :— 
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