262 



the axilla ; digits strong, compressed at the end ; fourth toe 

 with 30 38 lamellae below. 



Olive above with small blackish spots; sides of back lighter, 

 greenish-grey; sides of body with an irregular black band, 

 light-spotted, beginning at the eye. Lower parts yellowish-green. 

 Length of head and body 85 mm.; tail 112 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Sarawak !, Kuching, Santubong !, Bruni !). 



Section Riopa Gray (fig. 91). 



Lower eyelid scaly or with a transparent disk; ear distinct; 

 supranasals present. Frontal usually not broader than the 

 supraocular region. Limbs short. 



Fig. 91. Section Riopa, Lygosoma rufescens (Shaw). 



Key to the Indo- Australian species. 



A. Praeanals enlarged. 



I. Scales smooth, 38 44 round the body; 

 14 1 6 lamellae under the fourth toe; fron- 

 tal broader than supraocular region 104. L. bampfyldei p. 263. 



II. Scales keeled. 



a. Nuchals and temporals present; 26 30 

 scales round the body; n 14 lamellae 



under the fourth toe 105. L. bowringi p. 264. 



b. No nuchals and temporals; 30 scales 

 round the body; 13 lamellae under the 



fourth toe 106. L. opisthorhodum p. 265. 



