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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW LIZARD FROM THE BATU 
CAVES, SELANGOR. 
By G. A. Boutencer, F. B.S. 
(Read before the Bombay Natural History Society on 10th July, 1900.) 
; LyYGosoOMA SCOTOPHILUMY, n. sp. 
Section Hinulia. Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end 
of the snout and the fore limb not much less than that between 
axilla and groin, Snout mcderate, obtusely pointed ; eye large ; lower 
eyelid scaly. Nostril pierced in a single nasal ; no supranasal ; 
rostral forming a broad suture with the frontonasal, which is broader 
than long; prefrontals just meeting in the middle ; frontal very 
narrow behind, as long as frontoparietals and interparietal together, 
in contact with the first, second, and third supraoculars ; five supra- 
oculars, first longest ; ine supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and inter- 
parietal distinct, subequal in size ; parietals forming a short suture 
behind the interparietal; no nuchals; fifth and sixth labials 
largest and below the eye. ar-opening oval, tympanwn feebly sunk, 
smaller than the eye-opening ; no auricular lobules. 30 smooth, 
scales round the body, dorsals largest. A pair of feebly enlarged 
preanals. Limbs slender ; hind limb reaching the shoulder; digits 
long and slender, feebly compressed ; subdigital Jamelle smooth, 
23 under the fourth toe, Dark brown above, with darker and lighter 
spots ; a dorso-lateral series of round whitish spots ; sides and limbs 
blackish, with small whitish spots ; lips white, spotted with black ; 
white beneath. 
Total length ... 90 millim. Fore limb... -. 14 millim. 
Head... Gna aaa Hind limb EES OO) aa 
Widthofhead. 5  ,, Tail (reproduced)... 54 
Body ... Rar] Pee 
The unique specimen, caught by Mr, A. L. Butler under a limestone 
rock in the Batu Caves, is preserved in the Selangor Museum at Kuala 
Lumpur. 
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