528 The Philippine Journal of Science 1923 



Rana similis (Gunther) . 



Polypedates similis GtJNTHER, Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1873) 171. 

 Rana similis Taylor, Philip. Journ. Sci. 16 (1920) 271. 



Numerous specimens of this species were collected on Polillo 

 Island, and on Mount Maquiling, Luzon. They were invariably 

 found near water. They frequent grass and debris along 

 streams and rarely or never enter water to escape pursuit. No 

 eggs or larvae were found, although a pair of the frogs was 

 found copulating in Polillo early in August, 1920. The largest 

 two specimens taken measure approximately 54 millimeters 

 from snout to vent. 



I collected a very immature specimen of Rana in northern 

 Kalinga Subprovince, which I believe belongs to this species. 

 The characteristic dorsolateral cream lines are invariably pres- 

 ent in all specimens taken. 



LIZARDS 

 Hemidactylus garnotii Dumeril and Bibron. 



Hemidactylus garnotii Dumeril and Bibron, Erp. Gen. 3 (1836) 

 368; Taylor, Lizards of the Philippine Islands (1922) 56. 



Three specimens of this very rare species were collected in 

 southern Ifugao, in an old school building near the forest. It 

 was not encountered elsewhere during my collecting in 1920 

 and 1921. I have mentioned that I had examined a specimen 

 from Ifugao with preanal pores. 9 This refers to one of the 

 three specimens mentioned above. 



All three specimens have femoral pores, thirteen to sixteen 

 on a side. I am still in doubt as to whether this is the true 

 Hemidactylus garnotii Dumeril and Bibron, which is said to 

 be without femoral or preanal pores. The type locality is 

 Tahiti, and Stejneger's specimens from the Hawaiian Islands 

 presumably included males and females. None of these had 

 pores. It is not improbable that more than one species is rep- 

 resented and that the specimens at hand are not true H. gar- 

 notii but H. gaudama of Theobald. This is a point I cannot 

 decide, having no comparative material at hand. 

 Peropus mutilatus (Wiegmann) . 



Hemidactylus mutilatus Wiegmann, Herp. Mex. 1 (1834) 54. 

 Peropus mutilatus Taylor, Lizards of the Philippine Islands (1922) 62. 



I collected this species in practically every locality where 

 collecting was done. It was found under the bark of forest 



5 Op. cit. 59. 



