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this is bordered by another scale along its inner side, nearly 

 as large; a third somewhat smaller scale joins these behind 

 and a fourth borders them in front; supra-ocular and the scale 

 in front in contact with superior preocular; temporals subequal, 

 about four lateral rows; upper labials 11 (10 on the right side) ; 

 third and fourth largest; first and second subequal in size; 12 

 lower labials, only one in contact with anterior pair of chin 

 shields; latter large, followed by 3 smaller pairs; head scales 

 above strongly keeled, 14 to 15 rows between supra-ocular scales ; 

 scales in 23 rows, faintly keeled, with a slight notch indicated 

 on each side of the scale; ventrals, 163; subcaudals, 50; anal 

 entire. 



Color in life. — Above bluish green, growing yellowish green 

 laterally and greenish white below; body crossed with 26 very 

 narrow white lines, not continuing ventrally ; tail barred laterally 

 with narrow white and blackish lines; point of tail whitish; a 

 slight line behind eye to angle of jaw; top of head more blue than 

 green, side of head lighter green with no markings. Length, 

 870 millimeters; tail, 62. Tail prehensile. 



Remarks. — Only a single specimen has been collected. It was 

 found in the low rnountains of central Negros. I believe this 

 to be the first specimen belonging to this genus taken in the 

 island. Superficially it resembles the common T. wagleri, but 

 differs sufficiently to warrant a separation from this species. 

 The most important differences are as follows: It has 29 more 

 ventrals than the average of 17 counts of Philippine speci- 

 mens; the arrangement of the supra-ocular scales is quite 

 different; a larger number of scales between the supra-ocu- 

 lars, which is five or six more than in the Philippine specimens 

 of T. wagleri; the separation of nasal and loreal; the notching 

 of the body scales that is evident in this form does not occur 

 in the other forms of T. wagleri. 



LIZARDS 



Gymnodactylus philippinlcus Steindachner. 



Four specimens were taken in the low mountains near Isabela. 

 They vary in the distinctness of the transverse bars on the 

 back. All of them are females and were found under logs or 

 flat rocks. 



Gekko gecko Linnaeus. 



Very common in the lowlands, where it can be found in practi- 

 cally all houses. Almost every clump of bamboo is inhabited 



