NEW QUEENSLAND LIZARDS. 



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NEW QUEENSLAND LIZARDS. 



BY 



C. W. DE VIS. 



MYOPHILA. n.g. GYMNOPHTHALMIDM. 



Scales keeled. Toes i. Ears exposed. Head conical. 

 Supranasals none. Nasals small, oval. Eyelid rudimentary. 

 Enlarged preanals four. 



Myophila vivax. — Rostral broad, rounded, moderately liigli, 

 on a level with the nasal. Nostril oblique, oval, in the middle of 

 a similar small shield. Post-frontals approximate. Four supra- 

 orbitals. Labials f. Mental short, unpaired shield behind it 

 large, with a diminishing sequence of three behind it. Scale rows 

 32. Scales of back bi- of neck tri- of occiput penta-carinate : of 

 lower surface and head smooth. Ear with a large projecting 

 scale on the front edge, and a fringe of smaller scales on the hinder- 

 edge. Tail with a central row of very broad hexagonal scales 

 beneath. Rudiment of eyelid on the fore and upper edge of or- 

 bit. Teeth short, obtuse, regular. Sequence of toes LI I 5 - 

 Colour above olive brown, head dotted with black. Longitu- 

 dinal series of dots, black before and white behind on the 

 back, the two mesial series pretty regular, and continued on the 

 tail, the others rather irregular. From the nostril through the 

 ear to the groin a bright white line. Above it, on the edge of 

 the back, a fainter and less defined one from the neck, broadly 

 interrupted (or continuous) on the middle of the body, con- 

 tinued nearly to the tip of the tail. Beneath w^hite, abdo- 

 men light blue. Total length, 4 inches 8 lines ; trunk, 1 inch 

 8 lines ; head, 3| lines ; fore-limb, 6 lines ; hind limb, 9 lines ; 

 between the limbs, 11 lines. Locality, Brisbane and neigh- 

 bourhood. 



LYGISAUEUS. n.g. GYNOPHTHALMID^. 



Scales smooth, keelless. Toes Ears exposed. Head con- 

 ical. Rostral broad. Supranasals, none. Nasal sublenticular. 

 Prefrontal single. Postfrontals widely separate. 



Lygisaurus foliorum. — Rostral low, with its hinder edge rather 

 concave. Prefrontal long, with an almost straight front edge, 



