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9. Gymnodactylus loriae Boulenger. 



Gymnodactylus loriae, Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Civ. Geneva (2) XVIII 1897, 



p. 6 95 , P l. VI. 

 Gymnodactylus loriae, Werner, Verb. Ges. Wien LI 1901, p. 604. 



Head large; snout longer than the diameter of the orbit, 

 which equals its distance from the ear-opening; forehead and 

 lores concave; ear-opening roundish, one third the diameter 

 of the eye. Head granular, with small round tubercles on the 

 occiput and temples; rostral subquadrangular, nearly twice as 

 broad as deep, with median cleft above; a large supranasal, 

 separated from its fellow by a small azygous shield ; nostril 

 bordered by the rostral, the supranasal, the first upper labial, 

 and three or four small granules. Twelve upper and ten or 

 eleven lower labials; mental pentagonal or subtriangular ; 

 two or three pair of chin-shields, median largest and forming 

 a suture behind the mental. Throat with very small granules. 

 Body long, covered above with small flat granules, intermixed 

 with small round, flat, feebly keeled tubercles. Lateral fold 

 with a series of slightly enlarged tubercles. Ventral scales 

 small, smooth, juxtaposed or subimbricate. Male with a long 

 uninterrupted series of femoral and praeanal pores, 30 on each 

 side, forming a right angle in the middle, preceded by 4 

 additional praeanal pores; no praeanal groove. Tail round, taper- 

 ing, covered with uniform flat scales. Limbs long; digits strong, 

 slightly depressed at the base, strongly compressed at the end- 

 phalanges, inferior transverse lamellae well developed. 



Brown above, with a series of paired blackish spots along 

 the back, three pair between the fore and hind limbs. The 

 last pair on the base of the tail, confluent into a V; a V- 

 shaped dark band from eye to eye, the apex on the nape. 

 Lower parts pale brown. Reproduced tail longitudinally streaked 

 with black. Length of head and body 122 mm.; tail 65 mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Haveri!, Moroka, 2300 feet). 



10. Gymnodactylus fumosus F. Miiller. 



Gymnodactylus fumosus, F. Miiller, Verb. Ges. Basel X 1895, p. 833 & 86$. 

 Gymnodactylus fumosus, Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1897, p. 204, 



pi. VII, fig. 2. 

 Gymnodactylus philippinicus, Boettger, Abh. Senckenb. Ges. XXV 1900, p. 332. 



Head large, depressed, oviform; snout longer than the dia- 



