288 The Philippine Journal of Science — 1922 
Fischer’s figure of the type of Brachymeles gracilis is drawn 
x 4, while that of B. schadenbergi is <X 2—a point which I at 
first overlooked; I suspect others have done likewise. In the 
descriptions, Fischer fails to give head measurements for either 
species. There are specimens in my collection of both B. scha- 
denbergi and B. boulengeri whose head scales are identical with 
those as shown in Fischer’s drawing of B. gracilis; there are 
young specimens of B. boulengeri which approach the measure- 
ments given for B. gracilis (Fischer), but the limbs are inva- 
riably longer in specimens of equal snout-to-vent measurements, 
and are contained in the axilla-to-groin distance a fewer number 
of times than is the case in B. gracilis (Fischer). 
Three specimens of this rare species were found on Basilan; 
two near Isabela, in the western part, and one at Abung-abung, 
on the southern coast. The type specimen of B. suluwensis came 
from Bubuan, an island a short distance southwest of Basilan. 
There are two or three specimens of Brachymeles in the United 
States National Museum that I believe belong to this species. 
They were taken in Cotabato Province, Mindanao. I am in- 
debted to Dr. Leonhard Stejneger for permission to examine 
these specimens. It was Doctor Stejneger who first suggested to 
me that B. gracilis (Fischer) and B. sulwensis Taylor might be 
identical. : 
Measurements of Brachymeles gracilis (Fischer). 
No. No. No. Type of | Type of 
aes} dass" | aloo, 4 epee Pe oe 
mm, mm, mm. mm, mm, 
Galton 93} *111 Ps pease ea 117 
Sven t Go WeikG es ae eee 49 71 66 67 81 
Sacut th feewlinb. 15 17.5 18 18 19 
PRTG TG Grete coo cs a ee as ae ecco 31 50.5 46 45 55 
Witds il tend iS 6 1.5 7 ? 7 
Werdlintb Secs hes ri, ak eats 5.5 6 6 6 6 
hie. 3. 8 11 | 11.5 12| 11-13 
8 Tip of tail regenerated. 
> The type has one hind limb measuring 11 millimeters, the other 13 millimeters. 
Remarks.—No. 1172 agrees with the type in the scalation of 
the head. However, it has twenty-six instead of twenty-four 
scale rows around the body. The length of the leg is contained 
in axilla-to-groin distance approximately four times. 
No. 1173 agrees with the type in scalation, save that the 
frontal and frontonasal are more broadly in contact. The post- 
parietal body scales on the left side are fused, forming an 
