324 SCINCID 2. 
millim, millim 
Total length ...... 150 Fore limb ........ 10 
ead) ois ss eeeanhate a 11 Hind limb........ 15 
Width of head .... 7 Tail (reproduced) .. 70 
BOdY's.s6 dre sh gaint 3 69 
Southern Australia, 
a. Ad. Swan River. 
b-c. Ad. & hgr. © King George’s Sound. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
131. Lygosoma punctulatum. 
Lygosoma punctulatum, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 646, and 
1878, p. 374, pl. —. fig. 5; Peters § Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, 
xiii. 1878, p. 347. 
heterodactylum, Giinth. Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, xii. 1876, 
p. 45. 
Body much elongate, limbs very weak ; the distance between the 
end of the snout and the fore limb is contained twice to twice and 
two fifths in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, 
obtuse. Lower eyelid sealy. Nostril pierced in the nasal; no 
supranasal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a suture with 
the rostral and with the frontal; latter shield shorter than fronto- 
parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first and 
second supraoculars; four supraoculars; seven supraciliaries ; 
frontoparietals distinct, not quite as long as the interparietal; 
parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal; usually one to 
three pair of nuchals; fifth upper labial below the centre of the eye. 
Ear-opening round, smaller than the eye-opening, but much larger 
than the nostril. 18 or 20 smooth scales round the middle of the 
body ; dorsals largest. A pairof large preanals. The length of the 
hind limb ‘equals the distance between the posterior border of the 
orbit and the fore limb; fourth toe longer than third, with 12 to 14 
smooth lamelle inferiorly. Tail thick, about once and two thirds 
the length of head and body. Pale brown above, with small darker 
dots, larger and more abundant on the sides; lower surfaces yel- 
lowish, with brown dots. 
millim. willim 
Total length ...... 145 Fore limb ........ 7 
AS-i eee rear 10 Hind limb........ 12 
Width of head .... 6 Pa 6:8 eeu ee ey 90 
Body ............ 45 
Queensland. 
a, Ad. Peak Downs. Museum Godeffroy. (Type of 
Lygosoma heterodactylum *.) 
b-e. Ad. & hgr. Rockhampton. 
* The difference in the proportions of the toes, upon which stress is laid in 
the description, is due to mutilation. 
