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Bivak Island 190g, 1 spec. cf- 

 River Camp 1909, 1 spec. cf- 



The species occurs in the tropical région from Ceylon to Polynesia, and in some other 

 groups of islands as Mascarenes, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, Cuba ; further in Mexico. 



The three maies from New Guinea hâve 16 or 17 fémoral pores on each side ; the 

 largest, from River Camp, measures 96 mm. from snout to vent. 



5. Gecko vittatus Houtt. 



Boulenger, Cat. Liz. I 18S5, p. 185. 



de Rooy, Indo-Austr. Rept. I 1915, p. 52, fig. 33 d. 



Alkmaar 1909, 1 spec. Q. 



Bivak Island 1909, 6 spec, 4 young ones and 2 cf- 



Rain Island 1909, 1 spec. cf- 



Lorentz River 1909, 3 spec, 1 young Q and 2 young ones. 



This tree-gecko from the eastern part of the Archipelago is rather abundantly found 

 in New Guinea. The three maie spécimens hâve 64 or 66 fémoral pores. Length of largest 

 spécimen 227 mm., of smallest 86 mm. 



6. Gecko pumilus Blgr. 



Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (5) XVI 1885, p. 473. 

 de Rooy, Indo-Austr. Rept. I 1915, p. 54. 



Merauke 1904, 2 spec. cf an d Q- 

 The species was first described from Murray Island and then known from Port Moresby, 

 South New Guinea. The two Merauke spécimens are the first from Dutch South New Guinea ; 

 the maie has the number of pores, mentioned in the above-named description (1915): 11 praeanal 

 pores, separated from 12 fémoral pores on each side. Total length 78 mm. 



Fam. Pygopodidae. 



7. Lialis burtonï Gray. 



Boulenger, Cat. Liz. I 1885, p. 247. 



de Roov, Indo-Austr. Rept. I 1915, p. 63, fig. 38 — 40. 



Merauke 1904, 1 spec. 



Fig. 1. Lialis burtoni Gray. 



A young spécimen, of 21 1 mm. length, and belonging to the var. E. of Boulenger's 

 list of varieties. ') It occurs both along the north and the south coast of New Guinea, in the 

 Aru Islands and in Australia. 



1) In Indo-Austr. Rept. I 1915 p. 64 var. E. is mentioned the ventral dark band; this must be the central one. 



