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tail, and from P. horsfeldii it differs in having dorsal tubercles. 

 The type specimen is a female and has no preanal pores; how- 

 ever, there is a distinct series of , differentiated femoral scales, 



14 on a side, and an angular series of 12 preanal scales, which 

 leads me to believe that the male when found will have a similar 

 number of femoral and preanal pores. There are 11 upper 

 labials and 10 lower labials; the second lower labial is largest; 

 symphysial, small and subtriangular. Markings and joloration 

 similar to other species. 



This apparently is an extremely rare species, as it is wholly 

 unknown to the Filipinos ; were it common, there would be little 

 doubt of its being recognized by them owing to its extraordinary 

 appearance. Only one specimen was taken, although great ef- 

 forts were made to obtain other specimens in the same and 

 other localities. This is the only record of this genus for the 

 Philippines. 



Luperosaurus compresicorpus sp. nov. 



Diagnosis. — Body elongate, compressed, with a very narrow 

 abdominal region; digits with undivided lamellae; fingers and 

 toes with rudimentary webs; no dorsal tubercles; chin shields 

 very small, undifferentiated. 



Type. — No. 1781, Bureau of Science collection ; Limay, Bataan 

 Province, Luzon. Collector and date unknown. 



Description of type. — Rostral large, entering the nostril, a 

 very small suture present; 2 supranasals, the first much the 

 larger; a depressed area immediately behind the nostrils; gran- 

 ules on the snout and those behind and below the angle of the 

 mouth equal to, or larger than, dorsal granules ; eye large, pupil 

 vertical; ear opening very small; the diameter of the eye equal 

 to its distance from the ear, less than its distance to the end 

 of the snout; 19 or 20 upper labials, 16 lower labials; mental 

 small; chin shields small, numerous, and irregular; a somewhat 

 enlarged row of scales bordering the lower labials; granules 

 on the chin and throat extremely minute ; scales on the abdomen 

 juxtaposed, cycloid, and irregular, arranged in more or less 

 regular transverse rows, about 16 in a row; a row of differen- 

 tiated preanal scales, 7 on each side, probably representing the 

 number of preanal pores in the male; each scale with a distinct 

 depression; an angular row of larger scales immediately behind 

 the pore scales; distal phalanx very short with retractile claws 

 on all save inner finger and toe ; undivided lamella under digits, 



15 or 16 under the fourth finger and an equal number under the 



