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round the middle of the body; the distance between the end 

 of the snout and the fore limb is two thirds of that between 

 axilla and groin ; praeanals enlarged. Tail not quite one time 

 and a half as long as head and body. Limbs well developed; 

 the adpressed hind limb does not reach the shoulder; digits 

 compressed, with 17 20 keeled, divided lamellae under the 

 fourth toe. 



Reddish-brown above, spotted with dark or with irregular 

 light transverse bands; a dorso-lateral series of dark brown 

 spots, sometimes indistinct; lips black with white spots; throat 

 with dark longitudinal lines. Lower parts dirty white; tail 

 black-dotted below. Length of head and body 58 mm.; tail 88mm. 



Habitat: Celebes (Mahawu Volcano near Tomohon!, Masa- 

 rang Volcano, Upper Bone Valley, Rurukan!). 



2. Lygosoma cumingi (Gray). 



Otosaurus cumingii, Gray, Cat. 1845, p. 93. 



Lygosoma cumingii, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Ill 1887, p. 249, pi. XVI fig. 2. 



Lygosoma cumingii, Vogt, Sitz. ber. Ges. Naturf. Fr. 1911, p. 417 5 id. 1912, p. 356. 



Snout short; lower eyelid scaly; ear-opening very large, 

 oval, almost as large as the eye-opening; tympanum not much 

 sunk, no lobules. Nostril in the nasal; supranasal large, in 

 contact with its fellow; frontonasal small, a little more broad than 

 long, in contact with the frontal; latter as long as or a little 

 shorter than the frontoparietals and parietals together, in 

 contact with the four anterior supraoculars ; eight supraoculars, 

 first twice as long as second, last very small; 12 to 14 supra- 

 ciliaries; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, about equal; 

 parietals in contact; no nuchals; sixth and seventh upper 

 labials below the eye. 46 50 smooth scales round the middle 

 of the body, laterals smallest; the distance between the tip 

 of the snout and the fore limb nearly equals that between 

 axilla and groin; praeanals enlarged. Tail about one time and 

 a half the length of head and body. Limbs well developed; 

 the adpressed hind limb reaches the shoulder or halfway 

 between the shoulder and the ear; digits long, compressed, 

 fourth toe with 22 24 keeled, divided lamellae below. 



Reddish-brown above, spotted with black; a lateral series 

 of blackish spots, very large on the sides of the neck, and 

 bordered with small white spots; lips spotted with brown. 



