22,6 Taylor: Herpetological Fauna, III 535 



Sphenomorphus decipiens (Boulenger). 



Lygosoma decipiens Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1894) 734, 



pi. 49, fig. 3. • 



Sphenomorphus decipiens Taylor, Lizards of the Philippine Islands 

 (1922) 176, pi. 15, fig. 2. 



I collected specimens of this species in Kalinga, northern 

 Luzon, and on Polillo Island. Good series were taken in each 

 locality. The frenals are normal in specimens from both local- 

 ities, and show no variation. The scale rows of the Kalinga 

 specimens number thirty-four or thirty-six. A single specimen 

 has numerous spots on the chin and throat. 



The species appears to be common in the two localities men- 

 tioned. Specimens are encountered moving about through the 

 forest or under leaves where they feed on small insects. The 

 type locality is Isabela Province, northern Luzon. 

 Sphenomorphus curtirostris Taylor. 



Sphenomorphus curtirostris Taylor, Philip. Journ Sci. § D 10 



(1915) 101; Lizards of the Philippine Islands (1922) 170, pL 



14, fig. 3, and text fig. 18. 

 • A number of specimens belonging to this specie « was col. 

 lected at Los Banos, and low on the sides of Mount ^quihng, 

 Laguna Province. They agree very well with the type, which 

 comes from central eastern Mindanao. 



Each of the ten specimens agrees with the type in having the 

 frenals normally broken into two parte and superimposed. The 

 chin and throat in the males are blue-black, ^^otW ^ 

 white. This marking extends on the sides of the ^^^ 

 There is a distinct white line above the tympanum from the eye 

 to near the insertion of the arm. The species is not rare at 

 low elevations on Maquiling. 

 Sphenomorplms atrigularis Stejneger. ^ 



*SSS^r*TSS KS&5R * Mi - tae I8U,,d • 



I hatred to this sped, a series of ^™- « 

 at Zamboanga and Basilar, There are , i inimter tfd erenc^ 

 between these and the type specimen, but th ey a gr 

 most part in color and marking and in most ■ «J*e^ "the 

 scale characters. ^*^'*2££Xl the 

 type appears somewhat lower than in my v specimen . 



arrangement of the loreals is different, save in a single spec 



