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large dorsals on each side, except one which has two on one 
side while a third row may be made out on the other side. 
The small dorsal rows may be 3-2,3-2-1, 2-2, or most fre- 
quently 2-1. The ventrals are in eight rows, keeled, with two 
or three rows of smaller keeled laterals above them on each 
side. Eleven have a single, large, smooth preanal, while one 
has two keeled scales. The labials usually are 6-6, but may be 
6-7 or 5-6. The rostral touches the internasal in eight and is 
separated in four. All twelve have the first large supraocular 
separated from the loreal by a small plate, except No. 16499. 
This supraocular is in contact with the first superciliary in ten 
specimens, while in the other two it is separated by a row of 
small granules. 
Takydromus stejnegeri Van Denburgh 
This is the Formosan lizard now known as Takydromus 
septentrionalis, the one-pored species which has just been com- 
pared with 7. formosanus under the latter heading. 
Takydromus septentrionalis originally was described by Dr. 
Gunther from specimens from Ningpo, Che-kiang, China. In 
the Academy’s collection are twelve specimens from the vicinity 
of Hu-chau, in the same province as the type locality, which 
show that the Formosan species is quite distinct from that 
found on the mainland. The principal points of difference 
are: that the large dorsal rows are only two on each side in 
the mainland specimens, while they always are three in those 
from Formosa; the rostral usually touches the internasal in 
the Hu-chau specimens, but usually is separated in the For- 
mosan; the mainland species is larger and differs in coloration. 
Diagnosis.—General form not much elongate; chin-shields 
in three pairs; a single inguinal pore; large ventrals in eight 
rows, keeled; anterior supraocular usually not separated from 
superciliary by granules; enlarged lateral scales above the 
ventrals; rostral usually not touching internasal; general color 
olive or brownish with or without lateral and dorsolateral 
light lines. 
Type.—California Academy of Sciences, No. 18417. 
Taipeh, Formosa, March 10, 1909. 
