(in the typical subspecies both are equal in length). Four supra- 

 oculars, first in contact with frontal. Five supraciliaries (6 in 

 some paratypes). Interparietal absent. Two large nuchals and 2 

 temporals. Four supralabials (5 in the typical subspecies). 

 Twenty- six longitudinal rows of smooth scales around midbody (28 

 only in one of the paratypes). Dorsal scales somewhat larger than 

 ventral. Preanals slightly enlarged. Limbs weakly developed; the 

 tips of digits of appressed limbs barely overlap (in the typical 

 subspecies they do not touch in a similar position). Hindlimbs 

 shorter than distance between tip of snout and base of forelimbs. 

 Distance between limbs 1.7 times the distance between tip of 

 snout and base of forelimbs. Twenty-one transverse lamellae on 

 the lower side of fourth digit of hindlimb (20 in 7 out of 19 

 paratypes, 18 in 2 and 22 in the rest). Brownish-olive color 

 above with characteristic bronze tinge. (Some of the paratypes 

 are brownish.) Light ciliary stripes pass on sides of back, 

 beginning from the supraciliary scutes on the head; they are 

 bordered by thinner black stripes on the outside. A dark, 

 similar, distinct dotted line passes on the inner margin of the 

 ciliary stripes and disappears on the tail (the ciliary stripes 

 with their dark border are more distinct in the typical subspecies, 

 and two additional black stripes are found between them on the 

 back). Sides are brownish-grey with longitudinal rows of small 

 black speckles, gradually becoming lighter towards the greyish- 

 white abdomen. Tail greyish above. 



Length of body with head 39 mm, length of undamaged tail 

 58 mm. (In many paratypes the maximum measurement of body with 

 head is 43 mm. ) 



Comparative remarks. The typical form Leiolopisma 

 sembalunicum was described in 1927 from one female from Lombok 

 Island and has not been found since. Certain damages of the 

 nasal area in the typical specimen made the absence of supranasal 

 scutes in it uncertain, and shed some doubt on the correctness of 

 the inclusion of this species in the genus Leiolopisma (Mertens, 

 1930). The study of a series of 20 specimens of L. sembalunica 

 rint jana obtained by us confirms the validity of the generic 

 identification made by Mertens. The new subspecies differs 

 from the typical form in some plastic characters mentioned above, 

 and in the peculiar coloration. According to Mertens (1930), 

 L. sembalunicum is most closely related to the species L. nitens 

 and L. subitens , the first of which inhabits Borneo and the 

 second New Guinea. 



Range. Island of Rintja in the Lesser Sunda Archipelago. 

 Probably an endemic form on this island, where it is fairly 

 numerous in the western and northwestern part, inhabiting forested 

 canyons at an altitude of 200m above sea level. The typical form 

 was described from the Island of Lombok, not far to the west of 

 Rintja between the island of Bali and Sumbawa. 



