274 



The Philippine Journal of Science 



1911 



Fig. 4. Bra- 

 ehy m eles 

 elerm sp. 

 nov., type ; 

 chin shields. 

 X 2. 



first labials; frontonasal nearly as long as broad, narrowly in 

 contact with frontal; the latter longer than broad, produced to 

 a point in front, in contact with two supra-oculars ; 

 frontoparietals quadrangular, moderate, separate; 

 frontal touches interparietal, which is diamond- 

 shaped; parietals elongate, three times as long as 

 wide ; nasal minute, a mere rim around nostril ; two 

 f renals, first higher than wide ; second almost square ; 

 one large preocular; five supra-oculars, the second 

 widest; six superciliaries ; six labials above, first 

 labial largest, the fourth entering orbit; one pair 

 of nuchals; temporals somewhat enlarged, the larg- 

 est bordering parietal; mental quadrangular, wider than deep; 

 one postmental, wider than deep ; first and second pairs of chin 

 shields divided by a single, median, much-enlarged 

 scale, second pair somewhat broader than first pair ; 

 third pair of chin shields divided by three scales. 

 Limbs much reduced, each with fouK diminutive, 

 clawed digits; ear opening wanting; two anals dis- 

 tinctly enlarged; eye rather small; 24 scale rows 

 around anterior part of body; 22 about middle; 

 length of hind leg in distance from axilla to groin 

 about ten times. 



Color in alcohol. — Very light yellowish brown 

 above and on sides, each scale with a dark brown spot, which 

 forms longitudinal dotted lines on each scale row; dots below 

 smaller and not so distinct as above. 



Measurements of Brachymeles elerss sp. nov. 



Length 



Snout to vent 

 Width of body 

 Width of head 

 Axilla to groin 

 Snout to foreleg 

 Foreleg 

 Hind leg 

 Scale rows 



Variation. — A second specimen in Santo Tomas Museum is 

 "in the same container and is probably from the same locality. 

 Its measurements are included in the preceding table. 



The two specimens agree very well, save that in the cotype the 

 scale dividing the first pair of chin shields is smaller and the 



Fig. 5. B r a- 

 chy meles 

 elerm s p. 

 nov., cotype ; 

 chin shields. 

 X 2. 



Type. 



Cotype. 



mm. 



mm. 



128 



103 



68 



63 



6 



6 



5.1 



5 



51 



44 



15 



12 



3.5 



3.1 



5.2 



4.6 



22-24 



24-26 



