284 scrNcro^. 



Heteropus sclimeltzii, Peters, Man. Bed. Ac. 1867, p. 23. 



tricarinatus, Meyer, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 133; Doria, 1. c. 



p. 340 ; Huuvaf/e, Bull. Soc. Fhilom. (7) ii. 1877, p. 35. 



longipes, Macleai/, Proc. Linn, Soc. N. S. Wales, ii. 1877, p. 66. 



variegatus, Maclea;/, I. c. 



quiiiquecarinatus, Maclcay, I. c, p. G7. 



sexdentatus, Macleay, I. c, 



cheverti, Macleay, I. c. 



luctuosus, Peters ^- Doria, I. c. p. 364. 



maculatus, De Vis, Proc. Boy. Soc. Queensl. i. 1885, p. 169. 



rubricatus, De Vis, I. c. p. 170. 



Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb is contained once and one eighth to once and one 

 third in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout moderate, 

 obtuse. Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril 

 pierced in the nasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal broader than long, 

 broadly in contact with the rostral, and usually also wdth the frontal ; 

 latter shield as long as or a little shorter than the frontoparietal, in 

 contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four supraoculars ; 

 seven to nine supraciliaries ; frontoparietal single, followed by a 

 small interparietal ; parietals forming a median suture ; a pair of 

 nuchals and a pair of temporals border the parietals ; four, rarely 

 five, labials anterior to the subocular. Ear-opening oval, as large 

 as or a little larger than the transparent palpebral disk ; auricular 

 lobules present, very variable in size and in number, sometimes ob- 

 tuse and reduced to one or two, sometimes acute and inserted all 

 round the ear-opening ; usually two or three on the anterior border 

 only. 32 to 38 scales round the body ; dorsals and laterals more 

 or less distinctly tri- or quinquecariuate, sometimes almost perfectly 

 smooth ; laterals a little smaller than dorsals. Prteanal scales 

 slightly enlarged. The hind limb usually reaches the axilla, some- 

 times not quite so far, sometimes a little beyond. Fingers four, 

 toes five ; subdigital lamella^ smooth, 28 to 33 under the fourth toe. 

 Tail once and a half to once and three fourths the length of head 

 and body. Brown or olive above, uniform or spotted with blackish 

 or greenish, or with a black, light-edged lateral band ; sometimes a 

 black vertebral line ; lower surfaces yellowish or greenish. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 184 Fore limb 22 



Head 16 Hind limb 36 



^Vidth of head .... 11 Tail 117 



Body 51 



Moluccas, New Guinea, Northern Queensland, 



a. Several spec. : Amboina. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 

 ad. & yg. 



b. Ad. ' Amboina. 



c. Ad. Ceram. Dr. Bleeker. (Type of He- 



teropus leucotcenia.) 



d. Ad. Mysol. 



