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pair in contact; second pair widest, separated by a single scale; 

 third pair separated by three scales ; ear opening minute, nearer 

 end of snout than foreleg; twenty-four rows of smooth scales 

 around body; preanals slightly enlarged; limbs pentadactyl, the 

 anterior very short, reaching little more than halfway to ear; 

 three scales above longest finger; five above longest toe; third 

 and fourth toes subequal in length. Hind leg contained in axilla 

 to groin distance five times. 



Color in life. — Above and below light brown, each scale with 

 a large slightly darker spot; a lighter stripe from behind eye 

 to hind leg. 



Fig. 9. Brachymeles svluensis sp. nov. Type from Bubuan ; a, side of head ; 

 ' c, chin. X 3. 



Measurements of Brachymeles suluensis sp. nov. 



mm. 



Total length 117 



Snout to vent 81 



Snout to foreleg 19 



Tail, broken 36 



Axilla to groin 55 



Width of head 6.3 



Foreleg 6 



Hind leg 11 



Remarks. — Only the type was found; it is an adult female 

 containing embryos. This species forms another link in the 

 chain of retrogression in the genus Brachymeles. It is between 

 Brachymeles schadenbergii and B. bicolor and differs from both 

 in the degree of development of the limbs and the relative length 

 of the body. 



Brachymeles vermis sp. nov. Text fig. 10. 



Type. — No. 1980, Bureau of Science collection; collected at 

 Bubuan, Tapian Group, Sulu, October 1, 1917, by E. H. Taylor. 



Description of type. — Rostral about as high as wide, bending 

 back over point of snout, visible above by more than half its 



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