21,8 Taylor: Herpetological Fauna, II 299 
Table of measurements and scale counts of Psammodynastes pulverulentus 
(Boie). 
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g .|a)¢)4g 2|$ 
No. | Locality. | Collector.| & | #/ 3/3 8 Z roles Be 
” al Be ee pee 3] @ = a E 
ee eee Be ee eo eee 
mm mm, 
i See ae Zambo-| E.H.Tay-| o | 315| 58| 168, 58| 283| 2| 2 si 7 
anga. lor. 
pi eee Beet eae eae do....| ye | 290| 61| 160| 62) 2] 2 eee be 
MW ee Bae do....| d | 354] -75| 156| 65] 2] 2] 2] 8| 7 
Wikies he atl cake do - 9-4 0064 184108) 80] 24. <8) 8 BES 
SIT pe NEcnn Pages do....| & | 89| 64| 161| 944; 2] 2] 1 gi 7 
Wks ered Become dost 9°) el OT ie) me 8S eo 8 
MA abcele. Peete | amare do....| 2 | 490] 89] 167] 68 2 2 2 8) 7 
MED ssc: Basilan___|____. do itet.<951 | 1204/10 bt 8 Be 81.4 
Wiha ori do....|- ye | 194] 94| 10} o:| 2] 2| 2! 8] 7 
WE eeS oes a PF Te 8 1 ee os ee eT 8 7 
ji) Seger en Cree dats do....| & | 345! 58| 174] 55 1 Sea ele 
Ses HRS pS eee do....| ye | 275| 55| 160] 63 Adis 1 g4:24 
TS. Je aS Ee eae Bae! aa Slee See Ses see ee | 
gs EBs nea Cee eres de) Sa Or | oT 8 | ee 48 
WG. cal ee) BO. deads Go ci) 92 S08 [78 (I | Bt). 2 tow 
8 Tip of tail missing. 
Boiga dendrophila divergens Taylor. 
Boiga dendrophila divergens TAYLOR, Snakes of the Philippine Islands 
(1922) 201. / 
Two specimens of this recently described form have been 
taken; one (No. 301) in Polillo, the other (No. 2006) on 
Mount Maquiling, near the School of Forestry. The gray color 
of No. 2006 is strongly pronounced; the black color of the body 
merely borders the yellow crossbands. No. 301 has the loreal 
entering the eye; in No. 2006 the loreal is separated from the 
orbit by the preocular ; the second pair of chin shields is smaller. 
Scale counts—No. 301: Ventrals, 221; supcaudals, 94. No. 
2006: Ventrals, 227; subcaudals, 95. No. 301 has 74 yellow 
bars; No. 2006 has 100. 
Remarks.—The fact that the specimens of Boiga dendrophila 
from Luzon and Polillo (the Samar record * is doubtful) show 
more resemblance to the Palawan form than to the Mindanao 
form is rather inexplicable. Using reptiles and amphibians as 
criteria there is very little evidence to show that Palawan has 
ever had any land connection with any part of the Philippines 
east of the Sulu Sea. In consequence, we would expect that 
® Taylor, loc. cit. 
