THE 



JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Natural History Society of Siam. 



August 1914. Vol I. No. 2. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW REPTILES 

 FROM SIAM. 



By G. a. BOULENGER, ll.d., d.ec, ph.d., f.r.s. 



WITH NOTES. 



By MALCOLM SMITH, m.r.c.s., l.r.c.p. 



I .im iii(le])tefl to Dr. Malcolm Smith for examples of 1-he follow- 

 ing sjiecies of Reptiles which he suspected to be new to Science, and 

 which he has requested me to describe. 



Lygosoma an(;uixoides.* ' 



Section Lijfjosoma. Limbless. Snout short, rounded, ju-qject- 

 ing- feebly bej^ond the mouth. Nostril pierced in tlie anterior part of 

 a large nasal, which is narrowly separated from its fellow : rostral 

 produced between the nasals : frontonasal neai'ly twice as broad as 

 long, forming a narrow s\iture with the rostral, and a broad one with 

 the frontal : praefrontals verj'^ small and widely separated : frontal as 

 long as broad, in contact with the first (largest) snpraciliary and with 

 the first supraocular: three supraoculars, first largest: five supra- 

 ciliaries : frontoparietals distinct, about as large as the interparietal : 

 parietals nariow, forming a suture behind the interparietal, followed b}' 

 a pair of nuchals : six upper labials, first largest : symphysial very 



* [The illtistration of this new lizard is not yet couipleted and will appear 

 in the next muiilier of the .lournal. Eds.] 



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