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72. Lygosoma semoni Oudemans. 



Lygosoma semoni^ Oudemans, in Semon's Zool. Forsch. Aust. Bd. V 1894, p. 142. 

 Liolepisma semonis, Lucas, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales XXIII 1898, p. 359. 



Snout short ; lower eyelid with a transparent disk ; ear- 

 opening very small, smaller than the palpebral disk, no lobules. 

 Nostril in the nasal; no supranasals; frontonasal a little more 

 broad than long, broadly in contact with the rostral and with the 

 frontal, latter almost as long as frontoparietals and interparietal 

 together, in contact with the two anterior supraoculars ; four 

 supraoculars, first longest; seven supraciliaries, first largest; 

 frontoparietals nearly twice as large as the interparietal, behind 

 which the parietals are in contact; two or three pair of nuchals; 

 sixth and seventh upper labials below the eye. Body with 

 26 smooth scales round the middle, dorsals largest ; the distance 

 between the tip of the snout and the fore limb is contained 

 nearly one time and a half in that between axilla and groin; 

 praeanals enlarged. Tail one time and one third the length 

 of head and body. Limbs strong, the hind limb reaches the 

 wrist; digits slender, compressed, fourth toe with 21 lamellae 

 below. 



Light brown above with broad dark transverse bands, the 

 first between the eye and the ear, seven or eight on the nape 

 and back, the posterior alternating on both sides; tail with 

 14 dark bands; limbs and digits banded with dark brown; 

 flanks with short longitudinal blackish lines. Lower parts white. 

 Length of head and body 64 mm. ; tail 79 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the Amsterdam Museum. 



Habitat: New Guinea! (Stekwa river, Bara Bara, Kelesi, 

 Albert Edward Range 6000 feet, Fife Bay). Ferguson Island. 



73. Lygosoma textum F. Miiller. 



Lygosoma (Lewlefismd) textum^ F. Muller, Verh. Ges. Basel X 1894, p. 838. 

 Lygosoma textum^ Boulenger, Free. Zool. Soc. London 1897, p. 213, pi. XI fig. 3. 



Snout short, pointed; lower eyelid with a transparent disk; 

 ear-opening oval, smaller than the eye-opening, no lobules. 

 Nostril in the nasal; no supranasals; frontonasal nearly twice 

 as broad as long, forming a broad suture with the rostral; 

 praefrontals in contact; frontal about as long as frontoparietals 

 and interparietal together, in contact with the two anterior 

 supraoculars; five supraoculars, first largest; eight or nine 



