A NEW SCINCID LIZAKD FKOM THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 



By Leonhard Stejneger. 



Curator, Division of Reptiles and Batrachians, U. S. National Museum. 



A small collection of reptiles recently received from Maj. J. M. T. 

 Partello, U. S. Army, contained several interesting specimens, among 

 them a strikingly conspicuous Troindo'phorus , which represents a 

 hitherto undescribed species, and which I take great pleasure in dedi- 

 cating to its discoverer in recognition of his valuable contributions 

 to our knowledge of the fauna of Mindanao. 



TROPIDOPHORUS PARTELLOI, new species. 



Diagnosis. — Dorsals strongly keeled; fronto-parietals distinct; a 

 single large preanal ; fifth and sixth supralabials largest and entering 

 orbit; scales on dorsal and lateral sides of tail forming large erect 

 spines not arranged in whorls or series. 



Habitat. — Mindanao, Philippine Islands. 



Type-specimen.— Cat. No. 39308, U.S.N.M.; Mataling River Falls, 

 1,400 feet altitude, Cotabato Province, western Mindanao; December 

 12, 1908; Maj. J. M. T. Partello, U. S. Army, collector. 



Description of type-specimen. — Adult male. Upper head shields 

 smooth; fron to-nasal broader than long; prefrontals broadly in con- 

 tact; frontal as long as fronto-parietals and interparietal together, in 

 contact with two anterior supraoculars; five supraoculars, first long- 

 est, fifth smallest, second in contact with fronto-parietal; two ante- 

 rior supraciliaries larger, followed by five very small ones, none 

 behind the suture between third and fourth supraocular; fronto- 

 parietals separate, shorter than interparietal; parietals not in contact 

 behind interparietal; nostril a round hole in the middle of a single 

 nasal, which is followed by two loreals, one behind the other; behind 

 •the orbit three vertical rows of small scales followed by two rows of 

 large temporal shields ; between these and the unprotected ear-open- 

 ing several rows of scales keeled vertically; seven supralabials, the 

 anterior four low and slightly increasing in size backward, the fifth 

 suddenly much higher, but not much wider, sixth and seventh nearly 

 as large; fifth supralabial under the center of the eye, sixth just touch- 

 ing the orbit anteriorly, and both separated from the orbital scales 

 by a single row of small scales, smaller than the posterior supracilia- 



Proceedinqs U. S. National Museum, Vol. 39— No. 1776. 

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