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Habitat: New Guinea (Merauke!). N.W. Australia, Cape 

 York. 



8. Lygosoma dorsale Boulenger. 



Lygosoma dorsale, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Ill 1887, p. 226, pi. XII fig. i. 



Differing from the preceding species on the following cha- 

 racters : two or three auricular lobules, three supraoculars, first 

 very large; frontal much longer than frontoparietals and inter- 

 parietal together. Limbs slightly overlapping, when adpressed; 

 28 or 30 scales round the body. 



Pale brown above, a black vertebral streak; a yellowish 

 black-edged lateral streak; a lateral series of black spots and 

 an indistinct light, dark-edged streak from axilla to groin. 

 Lower parts white. Length of head and body 94 mm.; tail 

 130 mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Fly river). Islands of Torres 

 Straits; near Cooktown. 



9. Lygosoma modiglianii Boulenger. 



Lygosoma modiglianii^ Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova (2) XIV 1895^.614. 



Snout short, obtuse; lower eyelid scaly; ear-opening oval, 

 smaller than the eye-opening, no lobules. Nostril in the nasal; 

 no supranasals; rostral very low, thrice as broad as deep; 

 frontonasal much more broad than long, forming a broad straight 

 suture with the rostral ; praefrontals in contact ; frontal as long 

 as frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with 

 the two anterior supraoculars; four supraoculars; five supra- 

 ciliaries; frontoparietals and interparietal equal; parietals in 

 contact; no nuchals; fourth and fifth labials below the eye. 

 Body with 32 scales round the middle, dorsals as large as 

 ventrals, laterals smaller; the distance between the tip of the 

 snout and the fore limb is contained one time and two fifths 

 to one time and a half in the distance between axilla and 

 groin ; praeanals enlarged. Limbs meeting or slightly over- 

 lapping, when adpressed; digits moderate, fourth toe with 15 

 smooth lamellae below. 



Brown above, sides darker, light-spotted ; lips with dark 

 vertical bars. Lower parts whitish. Length of head and body 

 41 mm.; tail (tip broken) 41 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: Mentawei Islands (Sipora!). 



