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about the body, laterally they are arranged in vertical rows; 

 two enlarged preanals, with enlarged scales in front of them; 

 21 rounding lamellae under fourth toe. The adpressed hind leg 

 fails to reach the axilla, but reaches to near elbow of adpressed 

 foreleg. The ear is slightly nearer the foreleg than end of snout. 

 Color in life. — Above brown, variegated with lighter and 

 darker scales, and a median row of irregular dim dark spots; 

 a lateral stripe, beginning on the point of the nose, widening 

 behind ear, continues as a wide broken line of dark irregular 

 spots to some distance on the tail ; labials and chin muddy white 

 with a bluish tinge; belly with a wash of canary; tail spotted 

 below ; spots on the preanal scales. 



Measurements of the type of Sphenomorphiis arborens sp. nov. 



mm. 



Length 168 



Snout to vent 65 



Vent to end of tail 103 



Snout to foreleg 25 



Axilla to groin 32 



Width of head 9 



Width of body 10 



Foreleg 20 



Hind leg 28 



Variation. — The collection contains six adult specimens and 

 seven young, all taken on Mount Canlaon. There is a slight 

 amount of variation in the width of the frontal and in its relation 

 with the first superciliary. Several of the specimens have the 

 neck and the throat a dark muddy color, with a bluish tinge; 

 young colored like the adult. 



Remarks. — This species superficially resembles Sphenomor- 

 phus variegatum Peters, but differs in a number of essential 

 points. There are fewer supra-oculars, the scales on the foot 

 and especially the heel, are larger; the first f renal is high and 

 is not superimposed above another. The hind leg is much 

 shorter, and does not reach the axilla. In S. variegatum the 

 hind leg reaches halfway between the foreleg and ear. It is 

 common on Canlaon at an elevation of 800 to 1,200 meters; it 

 is strictly arboreal and is seldom seen on the ground. 



Leiolepisma pulchellum grande subsp. nov. 



Type. — No. 899, E. H. T. collection. Canlaon Volcano, Negros, 

 P. I. ; December 22, 1915 ; elevation 900 meters. E. H. Taylor, 

 collector. 



