The Philippine Journal of Science 



Sphenomorphus atrigularis Stej- Sphenomorphus variegatus (Pe- 



Sphenomorphus steerei Stej- Leiolopisma pulchellum (Gray). 



neger. Tropidophorus grayi Gunther. 



Sphenomorphus biparietalis Tay- Tropidophorus rivularis Taylor. 



lot Brachymeles eleras Taylor. 

 Sphenomorphus fascia tus 



(Gray). 



Typhlops braminus (Daudin). Holarchus ancorus (Girard). 



Natrix auriculata (Gfinther). Boiga cynodon (Boie). 



Cyclocorus lineatus (Reinhardt). Laticauda semifasciata (Rein- 

 Hurria rynchops (Schneider). wardt). 



Hurria microlepis (Boulenger). 



AMPHIBIANS 

 IchthyopMs glandulosus sp. nov. Plate 3, figs. 4, 5. 



Type.— No. 1595A, E. H. Taylor collection ; collected at Abung- 

 abung, Basilan, October 23, 1921, by Edward H. Taylor. 



Description of type. — Head rather triangular, the snout coni- 

 cal; nostrils very far forward, the distance between them a 

 little less than half the distance between eyes and slightly more 

 than half the distance nostril to eye; eye very small, dim, the 

 pupil and iris not distinguishable, the distance between eyes 

 equal to their distance from end of snout ; exsertile tentacle very 

 close to mouth, the distance from eye less than half its distance 

 from nostril ; eye and nostril on a level, equidistant from com- 

 missure of mouth; nostril directed upward; at some distance 

 behind angle of jaws a strong groove about the head, continuous 

 save in the midoccipital region ; posterior to this a second, very 

 strong groove crosses throat, extending some distance on the 

 upper surface of head; a third, ill-defined groove behind this 

 delimits neck; skin of body smooth with 273 small transverse 

 folds from neck to tip of tail, the folds forming a median dorsal 

 angle save on the anterior and posterior parts of body; the 

 folds on the belly are very indistinct; the angle formed is 

 directed backward, while on the back the angle formed by the 

 junction of the folds is directed forward ; tail very short, end- 

 ing bluntly; anal opening a longitudinal slit; on each side of 

 body is a broad dorsolateral glandular fold which extends from 

 head along body to a point a short distance in front of tail ; this 

 fold is strongly defined, of equal prominence its entire length; 

 upper jaw with two well-developed series of teeth, the inner 

 series extending slightly farther back than the outer; lower 



