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meter of the orbit, which nearly equals its distance from the 

 ear-opening; forehead concave; ear-opening horizontal ! ) or oval 

 and oblique, one half to two-thirds the diameter of the eye. 

 Head granular, the granules slightly enlarged on the snout, 

 with very small tubercles on the temple. Rostral nearly twice 

 as broad as high, subquadrangular, with median cleft above, 

 in contact with two or three small shields at its upper border; 

 nostril bordered by the rostral and three scales, sometimes 

 also by the first upper labial. Nine or ten upper and eight 

 or nine lower labials; mental triangular, more broad than long; 

 a pair of large chin-shields forming a suture behind the mental, 

 with one or two much smaller shields on each side. Body 

 covered above with small granules and few, widely scattered, 

 roundish, flat and smooth or slightly keeled, small tubercles. 

 A distinct lateral fold. Ventral scales small, cycloid, imbricate, 

 smooth, 35 40 across the middle of the belly. Male with a 

 pubic groove and a continuous series of 42 52 pores, pierced 

 in enlarged scales, which are visible in the female. Tail cylin- 

 drical, tapering, covered with small flat scales, which are larger 

 on the lower surface. Limbs long; digits strong, slightly de- 

 pressed at the base, strongly compressed in the distal part; 

 the basal phalanx with well developed transverse plates below. 



Grey, grey-brown, or pinkish-brown above, with blackish 

 spots, which may form irregular transverse bands on the body; 

 a dark streak from the eye to the shoulder. Tail with dark 

 bands; reproduced tail longitudinally streaked with blackish. 

 Lower parts whitish or brownish, uniform or with dark dots. 

 Length of head and body 71 mm.; tail 77 mm. 



Habitat: Celebes (Bone Mts. 1200 M., Rurukan!, Masarang, 

 1260 M.); Halmahera!; Java (Preanger!). 



Note: At a closer examination of a specimen preserved 

 in the British Museum and four specimens of the Senckenberg 

 Museum in Francfort, named by Boettger G. philippinicus, I 

 came to the conclusion, that they did not belong to that 

 species, but were most probably G. fumosus, slightly different 

 from the typical Celebes-specimens. The dorsal tubercles are 

 somewhat larger and more numerous; the ear-opening is oval, 

 oblique. That they could not belong to G. philippinicus, was 



i) The type-specimens have a horizontal ear-opening, which is perhaps due 

 to the state of preservation. 

 INDO-AUSTRALIAN REPTILES I. 2 



