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fourth toe; lamellae as wide at the base as at the end of digit; 

 scales on the underside of tail very irregular in size and shape. 



Color in alcohol. — Above, light cinnamon-brown, slightly 

 darker on arms and legs; below, immaculate; tail with a slight 

 peppering of cinnamon-brown below. No markings are in 

 evidence. 



Measurements. — Total length, 110 millimeters; snout to vent, 

 62; width of head, 9; greatest width of body, 7.5; foreleg, 15; 

 hind leg, 23. 



Remarks. — It is with great hesitancy that I have referred 

 this species to the genus Luperosaurus, since it is unlike other 

 species of that genus, in having a compressed body with a very 

 narrow abdominal region. It is possible that it should be made 

 the type of a new genus. 



Lepidodactylus aureolineatus sp. nov. 



Diagnosis. — Preanal and femoral pores arranged in a contin- 

 uous angular series, 19 on each side; a narrow, brilliant golden 

 line from tip of snout through eye to some distance behind eye; 

 tail subcylindrical, with a sharp lateral edge, somewhat flat- 

 tened on ventral surface. 



Type. — No. 1775, Bureau of Science collection ; Bunauan, Agu- 

 san Province, Mindanao, June, 1913; E. H. Taylor, collector. 



Description of type. — Rostral entering the nostril; 2 conjoined 

 supranasals bordering the nostril above; a large postnasal; a 

 large irregular internasal separated from the supranasals by a 

 row of small scales; scales behind the postnasal much enlarged; 

 mental very small; 11 upper and 10 lower labials; chin shields 

 numerous, roundish, and subequal in size; no median groove in 

 the forehead; tail subcylindrical, flattened below, serrated on 

 the edge, tapering gradually. 



Color in life. — Color changeable. When first taken, the back 

 was dark brown with a series of reddish green spots beginning 

 on the middle of the back and continuing more distinctly to the 

 end of the tail ; a narrow, bright, golden yellow line from the tip 

 of the snout through the eye, extending to near the insertion 

 of the front leg; tip of tongue black; belly powdered with 

 brown. After being kept for some time, these colors changed 

 markedly. The back became yellowish green, the spots indis- 

 tinct, and blackish dots appeared about the latter; the abdomen 

 became green, and most of the brown disappeared. When first 

 taken, the tail was marked with reddish brown spots; on the 

 underside brick red, powdered with brown, with indications of 



