contained one time and a half to one time and two thirds in 

 that between axilla and groin; 30 smooth scales round the 

 middle, dorsals largest; praeanals enlarged. Tail thick, one 

 time and two thirds as long as head and body. Limbs short, 

 widely separated when adpressed ; digits short, fourth toe longer 

 than third, with 15 smooth lamellae below. 



Brown above, with a blackish vertebral line, continued on 

 the tail; on the anterior part of the body a few pale brown 

 transverse bands bordered with black. Lips with blackish 

 oblique bars, continued on the throat, where they form V-shaped 

 figures; the outer line may be extended along each side of 

 the belly ; flanks and sides of tail brown-spotted. Lower parts 

 yellowish. Length of head and body 92 mm. ; tail (tip repro- 

 duced) no mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Tanah Merah Bay!). 



47. Lygosoma alfredi Boulenger. 



Lygosoma alfredi, Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1898, p. 922, pi. LV 

 fig. 4- 



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

 almost as large as the eye-opening. Nostril in the nasal, fron- 

 tonasal more broad than long, broadly in contact with the rostral 

 and narrowly with the frontal; latter twice as long as broad, 

 as long as the frontoparietals and interparietal together, in 

 contact with the first and second supraoculars ; four suprao- 

 culars; eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, somewhat 

 larger than the interparietal; parietals in contact behind the 

 latter; no nuchals; fourth to sixth upper labials below the 

 eye. Body long; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb is contained one time and three fifths in 

 the distance between axilla and groin ; 26 smooth equal scales 

 round the middle of the body, praeanals not enlarged. Tail 

 thick, slightly longer than head and body. Limbs short, hind 

 limb as long as the distance between the centre of the eye 

 and the fore limb ; digits short, fourth toe slightly longer than 

 third, with 12 smooth lamellae below. 



Reddish-brown above, with dark spots on the nape ; a dark 

 lateral streak, passing through the eye, and formed by blackish 

 spots. Lower parts whitish ; throat and tail spotted with brown. 

 Length of head and body 33 mm.; tail 35 mm. 

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