21,2 Taylor: Herpetological Fauna, I 208 
Island. The species here described differs markedly from T. 
brevis. In T. ater there are 40 ventral scales less on the belly 
and 18 more subcaudals; the frontal is wider than long; the eye 
is visible through the transparent ocular; there is a striking 
difference in the relative sizes of the chin shields; the tail is 
long and slender; the scales and shields are not white-edged. 
The ocular scale appears as a fusion of two elements, the post- 
ocular part is distinct, and there is a slight depression between 
this and the rounded, moundlike, transparent part covering the 
eye. ’ 
My specimen was taken in a small brook that empties into 
Tumugao River just above the waterworks’ intake near Pasa- 
nanka, Zamboanga. It was found under a partly submerged log 
in wet earth. It was very active, and escaped over a waterfall. 
It was found again only after a long, diligent search. 
Calamaria joloensis sp. nov. 
Type.—No. 1855, E. H. Taylor collection; collected in cen- 
tral Jolo, October 30, 1920, by E. H. Taylor. 
Description of type.—Rostral broader than deep, distinctly 
visible from above; prefrontals large, longer than wide, form- 
ing lateral sutures with nasal, two labials, and preocular; frontal 
six-sided, very pointed behind, large, distinctly longer than its 
distance from end of snout, longer than wide, at least three and 
one-half times the width of supraocular; parietals large, form- 
ing a mutual suture for little more than half their length; nasal 
extremely small, triangular; one small preocular; supraocular not 
quite twice as long as wide; one small postocular; no anterior 
temporals; diameter of eye slightly less than its distance from 
mouth; five upper labials, third and fourth entering eye, fifth 
very large, forming a long suture with parietals; a single pos- 
terior temporal; two scales following parietals distinctly en- 
larged; mental small, in contact with chin shields; four lower 
labials; chin shields partially grown together ; scales in 13 rows; 
ventrals, 120; subcaudals, 14; anal single. 
Color in life—Above blue-black to purplish black, highly iri- 
descent; below lavender to black with lighter cream-colored 
areas along anterior part of belly. 
Measurements of the type of Calamaria joloensis sp. nov. 
mm, 
Total length 150 
Snout to vent 140 
Tail 10 
Width of head <. 
