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The Philippine Journal of Science 



1917 



Sphenomorphus ® jagori Peters. 



Two specimens were taken on Canlaon : one young, one adult. 

 The latter is much larger than specimens of S. jagori found 

 elsewhere in the Islands. Laterally there is a series of 12 irreg- 

 ular black spots, which mark the termination of the indistinct 

 dorsal reticulations. The broad elongate black stripe is present 

 above the hind leg. There are 44 scale rows around the body, 

 which is 5 or 6 rows more than in specimens from Mindanao. 

 This may have to be considered a distinct subspecies. The mark- 

 ings on the young specimen are but little more distinct than in the 

 adult. Total length of largest specimen, 270 millimeters ; snout 

 to vent, 106 ; foreleg, 31 ; hind leg, 44 ; axilla to groin, 55 ; head to 

 insertion of foreleg, 42 ; snout to ear opening, 20 ; width of head, 

 18; width of body, 20. In the adult specimen the first supra- 

 ocular is divided, making 5 large supra-oculars, 3 touching the 

 frontal. 



Sphenomorphus steerei Stejneger. 



I have referred to this species the small Sphenomorphus found 

 commonly in the mountains of Negros. In scalation it appears 

 identical, but the proportions of the body are different. I have 

 at hand specimens from the small island of Guimaras, the type 

 locality. These likewise differ greatly in proportions, but agree 

 in the scalation of the head. It seems hardly probable that two 

 closely related species occur on Guimaras. It is probable that 

 the type is an immature specimen. I append a table, giving 

 the measurements of three specimens of this species. 



Table V. — Measurements of Sphenomorphus steerei Stejneger. 



Length 



Tip of snout to vent 



Vent to end of tail 



Snout to foreleg _ 



Axilla to groin 



Foreleg 



Hind leg 



Width of head 



! Eye nearer foreleg than snout. 



Type. Gui- 

 maras, 



32658. U. S. 

 National 

 Museum. 



No. 969, 

 Guimaras, 

 E. H. Tay- 

 lor collec- 

 tion. 



No. 908, 

 Negros, 

 E. H. Tay- 

 lor collec- 

 tion. 



47 



65 



74 



24 



28 



33 



23 



37 



41 



12 



11 



13 



11(7) 



17 



20 



6 



5.6 



6.6 



10 



9 



10 



4.6 



4 



5 



yes 



no 



yes 



'Sphenomorphus fasciatus (Gray). — Reported by Casto de Elera from 

 Negros. I believe this to be a doubtful record. 



