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6. Frontoparietal single. 
a. 28 or more lamelle under the fourth toe. 
40 scales round the body ............ 70. tricolor, p. 277. 
34 scales round the body ............ 71. variabile, p. 277. 
28 to 30 scales round the body ........ 72, austro-caledonicum, 
[p. 278. 
8. 26 or fewer lamelle under the fourth toe. 
* Not more than 30 scales round the middle of the 
body. 
tT The suture between the rostral and the frontonasal 
considerably narrower than the frontal. 
26 to 28 scales round the body ; five or 
six supraciliaries ..............0. 73. trilineatum, p. 279. 
24 to 28 scales round the body ; six or 
seven supraciliaries; the adpressed 
limbs meet or overlap ............ 74, metallicum, p. 280. 
+t The suture between the rostral and the fronto- 
nasal as broad as the frontal. 
26 to 30 scales round the body; seven 
or eight supraciliaries ............ 75. guichenoti, p. 281. 
** More than 30 scales round the body. 
34 to 38 scales round the body ...... 76. pretiosum, p. 282. 
50 to 54 scales round the body ...... 77. ocellatum, p. 283. 
B. Fingers four, toes five ; frontoparietal single. 
1. Transparent palpebral disk not larger than the ear-opening. 
a. Interparietal present, small. 
Dorsal scales more or less distinctly tri- 
or quinquecarinate, or nearly smooth ; 
frontal not longer than the fronto- 
palletal coco ec ete ew ear een Seay 78. fuscum, p. 283. 
Dorsal scales strongly tricarinate ; frontal 
as long as frontoparietal and inter- 
parietal together ................ 80. beccarii, p. 285. 
Dorsal scales sharply bicarinate ...... 81. albertisti, p. 286, 
b. No distinct interparietal .... 79. rhomboidale, p. 285. 
2. Transparent palpebral disk much larger than the ear- 
opening. 
a. Dorsal scales sharply keeled. 
Dorsal scales bicarinate............ «. 82. peronii, p. 286. 
Dorsal scales tricarinate ............ 83. pectorale, p. 287, 
