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canthus rostralis; supraciliary edge feebly serrated; tympanum 

 hidden; head-scales irregular, keeled; some larger tubercular 

 scales on the occiput. Thirteen upper and lower labials. Gular 

 scales small, spinose, with larger ones on the sides. Male with 

 a small gular sac; a strong transverse fold across the throat. 

 A slight nuchal crest. Body compressed,covered with small 

 keeled scales and dispersed enlarged ones, which have the points 

 directed upwards; dorsal crest a slight serrated ridge. Ventral 

 scales as large as the largest dorsals, keeled. Tail compressed, 

 triangular at the base, very broad in males, covered with 

 large, strongly keeled scales, those on the edges of the triangle, 

 7 8, with the keels turned upwards; below with two series 

 of strongly keeled scales. Limbs with unequal scales; fourth 

 finger longer than third; fifth toe as long as third; the hind 

 one reaches beyond the tip of the snout. 



Light brown with broad oblique dark bands on the back 

 or brown and green-banded; some larger scales lighter. Lips 

 sometimes dark brown. Lower parts yellowish, marmorated 

 with black. Tail banded with dark and light. Length of head 

 and body 80 mm.; tail 140 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Saiap, Kina Balu 6000 feet! (types of 

 Pelturagonia cephalum], Sawa, Penrissen, Matang, Santubong, 

 Kuching, Mt. Dulit, Mt. Foe, Sarawak, Upper-Mahakkam river!); 

 Natuna Islands. 



5. Phoxophrys Hubrecht. 



(HUBRECHT, Notes Leyden Mus. Ill p. 51, 1881). 



Body somewhat depressed, covered with small, smooth 

 scales, intermixed with larger keeled ones and large conical 

 tubercles. Tympanum hidden. No dorsal crest. Upper surface 

 of head covered with conical tubercles; a row of long crest- 

 scales above the eye. No femoral pores. 



Distribution. W. Sumatra. 



A single species. 



i. Phoxophrys tuberculata Hubr. 



Phoxophrys tuberculata, Hubrecht, Notes Leyden Mus. Ill 1881, p. 51; Midden- 

 Sumatra IV Kept. 1887, p. 1 8 pi. I fig. 3. 

 Phoxophrys tuberculata, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. I 1885, p. 280. 



Head small, tetrahedral, with a sharp canthus rostralis, 



