1879.] BATRACHIANS FROM THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 11 



Draco ornatus, Gray. 



Diaagat Island, South Negros. [Luzon.] 



Draco bimaculatus, Gtlir. 

 Dinagat Islaud. 



Draco cornutus, Gthr. 

 Placer. 



Draco spilopterus, Wiegm. 



South Negros. [Luzon.] 



Snakes. 



Calamaria gervaisii, D, & B. 



South Negros. [Luzon.] 



Rhabdosoma modestum, D. & B. 



Dinagat Island. [Luzon.] 



Typhlogeophis, g. n., Calamar. 



Body cylindrical ; tail short ; head of moderate length, depressed, 

 not wider than the neck. Eye externally not visible. Shields of 

 the upper side of the head normal ; nasal, loreal, ante- and post- 

 orbitals absent. Scales smooth, in fifteen series ; anal entire ; sub- 

 caudals paired. Maxillary and palatine teeth equal in length ; none 

 grooved. 



This remarkable Snake reminds us, by the want of development of 

 the eye and nasal shield, of Calamaria {Typhlocalamus) gracillima, 

 from which it diifers in the presence of two frontal shields. 



Typhlogeophis brevis, sp. n. 



The anterior frontals are rather small, only about one third the 

 size of the posteriors. Vertical small, six-sided, as broad as long, 

 with an obtuse angle in front, and a right angle behind. Occipitals as 

 long as the vertical and frontals together. Four upper labials, of 

 which the two anterior form sutures with the frontals, the third vvith 

 the supraorbital, and the fourth with the occipital. A large shield 

 in the angle formed by the occipital and last upper labial. Ventrals 

 154 ; subcaudals (?). 



Uniform brownish, the lateral scales and the ventral scutes with 

 lighter margins. 



A single specimen is in the collection ; it is 12 incites long, the 

 head measuring 4^ lines. No label indicating its locality is 

 attached to it ; but it comes either from North Mindanao or Dinagat 

 Island. Unfortunately, the extremity of the snout has been allowed 

 to dry and is considerably shrunk ; also the tail is somewhat muti- 

 lated! 



Oltgodon modestus, Gthr. 



South Negros. 



The supposition that this might be a Ceylonese species proves to 

 be incorrect. 



