labial below the centre of the eye. 20 smooth scales round
the middle of the body instead of 22, as the type-specimen
has; praeanals enlarged. Fore limb as long as its distance
from the corner of the mouth, hind limb as long as the
distance between the nostril and the fore limb; fourth toe
longest, with 18 lamellae below. Tail thick, as long as head
and body. Brown above with four longitudinal black lines.
Labials with a small median white spot. Belly light brown.
Total length 87 m.m. Fore limb 10 m.m.
Head 10 „ Hind limb 14.5 „
Body 37 „ Tail 40
Distribution. Nias, Sipora, Engano.
This species was not yet known from Nias.
21. D i b a m u s n o v a e - g u i n e a e D. B.
Dibamus novae-guineae, Blgr. Cat. Liz. Ill p. 435, Fauna
Brit. Ind. 1890, p. 230.
Dibamus nicobaricus, Blgr. Cat. Liz. Ill p. 435.
Lolowua, 1 specimen.
This specimen has a length of 155 m.m. Its colour is
purplish brown above, somewhat lighter b en e a th ; tip of the
snout and lower labials whitish.
Distribution. It is spread over the whole of the Malay
Archipelago from the Nicobars and Malacca to New Guinea
and found on many of the islands between those: Nias,
Sumatra, Borneo, Lombok, Celebes, Ternate, Halmahera,
Waigeu. In 1860 it was for the first time recorded from Sumatra
by Bleeker (Reptilien van Agam, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. XX
1860, p. 326), being only known before that time from New
Guinea. In his Catalogue of Lizards Boulenger, having overlooked
Bleeker’s publication (S. Ann. Nat. Hist. (5) XX 1887,
p. 152), mentions Celebes, Moluccas, Waigeu and New Guinea;
D i b a m u s n i c o b a r i c u s was regarded as a distinct species, living
on the Nicobars only. It was not discovered again on Sumatra
before 1888, collected then by Max Weber (Zool. Ergebn.
I 1890/91, p. 175). Since that time it has been found on Lombok,
Borneo and Nias also.
O p h id ia .
22. T y p h l o p s l i n e a t u s Boie.
Blgr. Cat. Snakes I p. 15.
Gunung Sitoli, 1 specimen.
Nias, 1 specimen.
Two adult specimens with dark brown longitudinal lines on
the back, which is yellowish. Head, tail and lower parts
uniform yellowish.
Distribution. Malacca, Nias, Sumatra, Java.
This species was not yet known from Nias.
23. T y p h l o p s b r a m i n u s (Daud.).
Blgr. Cat. Snakes I p. 16.
Gunung Sitoli, 1 specimen.
Nias, 1 specimen.
The larger one is greyish-brown above, each scale of the
lower parts is speckled with brown and edged with grey. The
smaller specimen is brown above, ventral scales speckled with
brown; both have a white chin and white anal region.
Distribution. S. Africa, S. W. Asia, India, Ceylon, Formosa,
China, Siam, Malacca, Andamans, Nias, Sumatra, Banka,
Borneo, Celebes, Saleyer, Java, Flores, Sumba, Timor, Buton,
Ambon, Ternate, Halmahera, Philippines, Mexico.
This species was not yet known from Nias.
24. T y p h l o p s n i g r o a l b u s D. B.
Blgr. Cat. Snakes I p. 24.
Lolowua, 1 specimen.
Distribution. Malacca, Nias, Sumatra, Borneo.
25. X e n o p e l t i s u n i c o l o r Reinw.
Blgr. Cat. Snakes I p. 168.
Nias, 1 specimen.
Distribution. S. India, Burma, Assam, Indo-China, Malacca,
Nias, Sumatra, Banka, Borneo, Celebes, Java.