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anals not enlarged. Tail thick, one time and a half to one time 



and two thirds the length of 

 head and body. Limbs short* 

 not meeting when adpressed, 

 or just meeting in the young; 

 digits short, compressed, fourth 

 toe with 1 6 19 smooth lamel- 

 lae below. 



Brown above with strong 

 opaline gloss, sometimes dark 

 transverse bands; lips often 

 with black vertical bars. Lower 

 parts yellowish. Young speci- 

 mens are dark brown with 

 numerous narrow, white trans- 

 verse bands; lips barred with 

 black and white, the bars 

 continued on the throat, where 

 they form V-shaped lines with 

 their fellows from the other 

 side ; tail yellowish-brown ; 

 limbs brown with white cross 

 bands (fig. 93). Length of head 

 and body 143 mm. ; tail 240 mm. 



Habitat: Ternate 1 ); Sali- 

 babu Islands!; Ceram; Ambon; 

 Timor Laut; Aru Islands; New 

 Guinea (Mafoor, Djamna, Fak 

 Fak, Mansinam, Dorei, Rubi, 

 lake Sentani!, Pauwi, Manok- 

 wari!, Mimika river, Stekwa 

 river, Lorentz river!, Fly river, 

 Sattelberg, Torricelli Mts. 300 

 M., Seleo Island, Aroma, 

 Haveri, Bara Bara, Hula); 

 Schouten Islands (Mysore). 

 Islands of Torres Straits ; Cape 



rig. 93. Lygosoma rufescens (Shaw). __ , _ T , , 



Y?ung specimen. York; Ferguson Island. 



i) Perhaps the specimen mentioned by Peters Doria from this island 

 belongs to Lygosoma mentovarium Boettger, s. p. 266* 



