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 88. Lygosoma sorex Boettger. 



Lygosoma sorex, Boettger, Zool. Anz. XVIII 1895, p. 118; Abh. Senckenb. Ges. 



XXV 1900, p. 343, pi. XIV fig. 2. 

 Emoia sorex, Barbour, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. Coll. XLIV 1912, p. 95. 



Snout long, depressed, pointed ; lower eyelid with a trans- 

 parent disk; ear-opening roundish or oval, a little smaller than 

 the palpebral disk, with I 3 very small lobules anteriorly. 

 Nostril between three small shields, a nasal, a postnasal and 

 a supranasal ; frontonasal slightly more broad than long, broadly 

 in contact with the rostral and just touching the frontal ; latter 

 as long as the frontoparietal, in contact with the two anterior 

 supraoculars ; four supraoculars; seven or eight supraciliaries ; 

 frontoparietal single; interparietal distinct, small; parietals in 

 contact behind the latter; a pair of nuchals and a pair of 

 temporals; five (sometimes 4) upper labials before the large 

 subocular. Body with 28 32 scales round the middle, dorsals 

 largest, with an indication of three keels, laterals smallest; 

 praeanals a little enlarged. Tail twice as long as head and 

 body. Limbs strong, the hind limb reaches the shoulder or 

 beyond; digits moderate, depressed at the base, compressed 

 in the distal part ; the fourth toe with 38 47 lamellae below. 



Olive-brown with metallic gloss, dorsal scales often edged 

 with dark; back, limbs and tail with lighter, dark-edged spots ; 

 a grey streak along the edge of the upper labials ; fingers and 

 toes annulate with dark and light. Lower parts whitish with 

 golden gloss. Length of head and body 52 mm.; tail 112 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: Halmahera!; Batjan; Obi Island. 



89- Lygosoma cuneiceps (de Vis). 



Emoa cuneiceps, de Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales (2) V 1890, p. 498. 



Snout long, pyramidal, depressed; lower eyelid with a trans- 

 parent disk; ear-opening roundish or oval, as large as or a 

 little larger than the palpebral disk, with one to three small 

 lobules anteriorly. Supranasals present; frontonasal as long as 

 broad, forming a suture with the rostral and a smaller one 

 with the frontal; latter a little longer than the frontoparietal; 

 four supraoculars; seven supraciliaries; interparietal distinct; 

 parietals in contact behind the latter; a pair of nuchals and 

 a pair of temporals; five upper labials anterior to the large 



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