Nova Guinea : résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903[-1920] . digits, two claws; fore limb longerthan hind limb, with 7—9 broad, transverse scales anteriorly and 3 or 4 enlarged scales atthe posterior margin. In the new-born spécimens the digits are distinctly visible. Tail short,with 14—16 curved shields above. The New Guinea turtle is found in the rivers of the south coast only, the fragment ofa costal plate, brought home from Lake the Dutch Expédition in 1903 to the northcoast was probably taken to that place by natives from the southern pa
Nova Guinea : résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903[-1920] . digits, two claws; fore limb longerthan hind limb, with 7—9 broad, transverse scales anteriorly and 3 or 4 enlarged scales atthe posterior margin. In the new-born spécimens the digits are distinctly visible. Tail short,with 14—16 curved shields above. The New Guinea turtle is found in the rivers of the south coast only, the fragment ofa costal plate, brought home from Lake the Dutch Expédition in 1903 to the northcoast was probably taken to that place by natives from the southern part. NELLY DE ROOY. REPTILES. 151 Fam. Trionychidae. 44. Pelochelys cantori Gray. Boulenger, Cat. Chel. 1889, p. 263. Siebexrock, Zool. Jahrb. Supplem. X 1909, p. 607. de Rooy, Indo-Austr. Rept. I 1915, p. 331, fig. 128. Lorentz River 1909, 1 young spec. Found between Bengal in the west and New Guinea inthe east, in China and the Philippines. Often caught along thesea-coast. From New Guinea spécimens are known collected atLaloki, Utakwa and Lorentz Rivers. Length of shell 150 mm. Fig. 10. Pelochelys cantori and neck. Fam. Crocodilus porosus Schn. Boulenger, Cat. Chel. 1889, p. 2S4. de Rooy, Indo-Austr. Rept. I 1915, p. 337, fig. 131, 132. Digul River 1904, 2 defective River 1907, 1 young spec. The common Indian crocodile, spread over the greater part of the islands of the Archi-pelago, is an inhabitant of rivers and lakes in north and south New Guinea. It ranges fromIndia to the Fiji Islands. I. LIST OF SPECIES FROM SOUTH NEW GUINEA. 1. Gymnodactylus pelagicus (Gir.). 2. Gymnodactylus marmoratus (Kuhl). 3. Gymnodactylus louisiadensis de Vis. 4. Gehyra mutilata (Wiegm.). 5. Gecko vittatus Houtt. 6. Gecko pumilus Blgr. 7. Lialis burtoni Gray. S. Gonyoceplialus dilophus (D. B.).9. Gonyoceplialus binotatus Meyer. 10. Gonyoceplialus nigrigularis Meyer. 11. Gonyoceplialus godeffroyi (Ptrs.). 12. Gonyoceplialus modes
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