21,8 Taylor: Herpetological Fauna, II 285 
Remarks.—The specimen was captured on a ledge, on Mount 
Banahao. The tail was inadvertently broken, and it wriggled 
off the ledge to an inaccessible point below. The species, judg- 
ing by the superimposed loreals, is related to Sphenomorphus 
curtirostris Taylor. It differs in the arrangement of the scales 
in front of and below the eye, and in the nature of the temporals. 
The colors and markings are different, and several other dif- 
ferences are evident. The new species is represented by the 
type only, and it is probably very rare. The species is named for 
Dr. H. Otley Beyer, associate professor of ethnology and anthro- 
pology of the University of the Philippines, who has assisted 
me in making collections. 
‘Tropidophorus stejnegeri sp. nov. Plate 4, fig. 1. 
Type.—No. 1538, E. H. Taylor collection; collected at Abung- 
abung, Basilan, October 22, 1920, by E. H. Taylor. 
Description of type—Rostral nearly perpendicular, not bent 
back over snout, wider than high, lowest medially; frontonasal 
much broader than long, touching one loreal laterally; prefron- 
tals much smaller than frontonasal, in contact medially, touching 
both loreals, and in contact with first supraocular; frontal] ex- 
tending anteriorly to edge of orbit, posteriorly to middle of 
eye, in contact with three supraoculars; four supraoculars, the 
third as wide as or wider than second; last supraocular followed 
by a single small scale; frontoparietals small, forming a suture 
much more than half their length; interparietal two and one- 
half times as long as broad; parietals separated, nearly as 
broad as long, very irregularly shaped, bordered posteriorly by 
an elongate temporal which is separated from its fellow by four 
small scales; nostril in single nasal; two loreals, second nearly 
double the size of first, separated from labials by a narrow 
intercalated scale, followed by three pre- or suboculars; seven 
superciliaries; eight upper labials, the first four small, subequal, 
followed by the fifth which is greatly enlarged; sixth smaller 
than fifth but larger than seventh; eighth smaller still; a strong 
diagonal groove in front of eye and another, less pronounced, 
above anterior labials; temporals numerous, irregular, those 
above seventh labial rather elongate; eye moderate, the diam- 
eter of orbit equaling distance to end of snout; snout short, 
the outline of head above in profile a strong, rather regular curve; 
tympanum large, not deeply sunk, much higher than wide, its 
distance from orbit little greater than orbit or length of snout; 
five lower labials, the three anterior elongate, the last two very 
much smaller, mental very slightly wider than rostral, not as 
