. Breviora. . B Figure 1. Dorsal (A) and lateral (B) view of the head of the holotype of Sphenomorphus anotus (AMNH 95880) from Masba Creek, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea. Description of the holotype. A small attenuate skink mea- suring 48 mm in snout-\ent length with a complete tail mea- suring 68 mm in length; head bluntly conical; hmbs short, pentadactyl, widely separated when pressed against the body; uniformh' brown above and light yellowish brown below (in preser\ati\e). Rostral about as deep as wide and projecting well onto dorsal surface of snout; nasal large with external naris situated
. Breviora. . B Figure 1. Dorsal (A) and lateral (B) view of the head of the holotype of Sphenomorphus anotus (AMNH 95880) from Masba Creek, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea. Description of the holotype. A small attenuate skink mea- suring 48 mm in snout-\ent length with a complete tail mea- suring 68 mm in length; head bluntly conical; hmbs short, pentadactyl, widely separated when pressed against the body; uniformh' brown above and light yellowish brown below (in preser\ati\e). Rostral about as deep as wide and projecting well onto dorsal surface of snout; nasal large with external naris situated well forward and ventral in nasal scale; no supranasals; frontonasal wider than long and forming a short suture with rostral and a slightly wider suture with frontal; prefrontals separated; single anterior and posterior loreals; frontal slightly longer than wide and in contact with two anteriormost of four supraoculars; lower eyelid movable and scaly; frontoparietals and interparietal dis- tinct, approximately subequal in size, and measured together along midline, about equal in length to frontal measured along midline; parietals meet behind interparietal; two nuchal scales on left side and four on right; six supralabials, fourth situated most directly below eye (Fig. 1).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. , Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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