194 The Philippine Journal of Science 1922 
Color (in alcohol, freshly preserved) Above brown, minutely 
powdered with darker brown, more pronounced medially, form- 
ing an indistinct dorsal line; side of head, neck, and anterior 
part of body bluish black but the color not solid; sides of tail 
scarcely darker than above; chin and throat darker, mental, 
postmental, and chin shields each with a large light spot; belly 
and underside of tail dirty white; limbs light brown with darker 
brown areas, and with lighter spots on posterior and anterior 
aspect of limbs and foot. 
Measurements of Sphenomorphus bakeri sp. nov. 
mm. 
Total length 38.5 
Snout to vent 24 
Snout to foreleg 7.5 
Axilla to groin 11.5 
Tail (tip regenerated) 14.5 
Foreleg 6.5 
Hind leg 7.5 
Remarks.—This small skink was collected by Charles Fuller 
Baker on the mountain trail at Pauai, or Haight’s place, 58 kilo- 
meters north of Baguio. The elevation here is about 2,500 
meters. This is the highest elevation recorded in the Philip- 
pines for any reptile or batrachian. The species must be rare, 
as my two days’ intensive collecting in this locality during April, 
1920, failed to reveal it. This appears to be a diminutive species, 
similar in size to Sphenomorphus steerei, which it resembles in 
a general way. It may be differentiated from known species of 
Sphenomorphus by the scalation of the tympanum. When 
freshly preserved, no depression was noted where the tympanum 
is normally found, but after being removed a short time from 
the alcohol a depression became evident. 
I name the species for its discoverer, Charles Fuller Baker, 
dean of the College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines, 
in recognition of his valuable contributions to the entomological 
knowledge of the Philippines. 
Siaphos herrei sp. nov. 
Type.—No. 208, E. H. Taylor collection; collected on Polillo’ 
Island, July, 1920, by E. H. Taylor. 
Description of type.—Rostral large, bending backward over 
snout, the area visible from above equal to more than half the 
width of internasal; latter large, broader than long, narrowly 
in contact with frontal; prefrontals large, narrowly separated 
medially, forming sutures laterally with two frenals; frontal 
more than one and a half times as long as broad, diamond- 
