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deep; a large azygous postmental; latter followed by three pairs 
of chin shields, the two anterior in contact medially, the second 
pair much larger than the first pair, third pair separated by 
three scales; scales on back strongly keeled, the keels forming 
longitudinal lines on the six median rows; lateral keels form 
irregular diagonal lines; scales on belly not keeled; a single large 
preanal; tail with scales strongly keeled above; median scale 
row under tail somewhat widened and not keeled; limbs well 
developed, the adpressed hind limb reaching the elbow of the 
adpressed forelimb; seventeen lamelle under fourth finger, 
twenty-six or twenty-seven under longest toe; tip of tail 
regenerated. 
Color in life—Above brown, the body traversed by seven 
broad, brick-red, irregular blotches, separated by a distance less 
than their width; sides variegated brown with scattered dots of 
cream yellow; belly yellow; indistinct spots on throat greenish 
white; a few yellow dots on labials and temporals; a deep brown 
spot back of eyes; base of tail below yellow; remaining part © 
mottled gray and yellow; tympanum yellowish. 
Measurements of the type of Tropidophorus stejnegeri sp. nov. 
Total length 185 
Snout to vent 93 
Tail (partly regenerated) 92 
Axilla to groin 48 
Forelimb 28 
Snout to forelimb 32 
Hind limb 41 
Orbit to end of snout 6.5 
Tympanum to end of snout 18 
Width of head, at posterior edge of orbit 13 
Greatest width of head | 15 
Length of head 20 
Variation.—There are nine cotypes in the collection, and they 
differ but little from the type. In two specimens from Zam- 
boanga there are but two supraoculars in contact with the 
frontal; the Zamboanga specimens have the bars on the back 
orange and narrower than the interspace separating them; 
there are twenty-three and twenty-one lamellz under the toes of 
the two specimens. Only one specimen, an adult male, from 
Basilan (No. 1529), has the chin and throat rather purplish (in 
all others the throat is light with dusky powdering). The belly 
is yellow. In this specimen the bars on the back are narrow 
and Jess prominent than in the type. 
Remarks.—This species was found on the Zamboanga Penin- 
sula and in southern Basilan. In both localities Tropidophorus 
