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bordering the parietal largest; 3 chin shields behind the mental, 

 second and third divided; 4 enlarged preanals; lamellae under 

 digits very numerous, close together except the distal part 

 under which the lamellae are broad and long; 62 under fourth 

 toe; extended leg scarcely reaches the elbow; 26 rows of scales 

 around the body, dorsals very large; ear opening moderate, ob- 

 liquely oval. 



Color in life. — Body coal black above with 5 golden yellow 

 lines on the back; the median line begins on the snout and con- 

 tinues only to the sacral region; the dorsal-lateral lines begin 

 just in front of the eyes and are lost on the tail; the lateral 

 lines begin on the upper labials and continue to the groin; be- 

 low bluish white; tail bright vermilion. Colors of young and 

 adult the same. 



Measurements.— Total length, 129 millimeters; snout to vent, 

 50; width of head, 12; foreleg, 15; hind leg, 22. 



Remarks. — This species was fairly common in the upper Agu- 

 san Valley. It is very conspicuous and usually is seen in the tall 

 grass near the rivers and lakes. A single specimen was observed 

 at Butuan near the mouth of Agusan River. Several specimens 

 from the type locality agree with the type in all essential details. 



Sphenomorphus mindanensis sp. nov. Plate I, figs. 1 and 2. 



Diagnosis. — Frontoparietal divided; interparietal present; 

 lower eyelid scaly ; 32 scales around the body ; ear opening much 

 smaller than eye opening; adpressed limbs barely touching. 



Type. — No. R. 1690, Bureau of Science collection; Bunauan, 

 Agusan Province, Mindanao, September, 1912; E. H. Taylor, 

 collector. 



Description of type. — Rostral twice as broad as high; the 

 width equal to that of the first labial; frontonasal forming a 

 suture with the rostral and frontal ; prefrontals large, separated ; 

 frontal nearly as broad as the supraocular region ; frontoparietal 

 distinct, elongate; parietals forming a suture behind a moderate 

 interparietal ; 5 supraoculars, the last much the smallest ; 2 small 

 scales inserted between the parietal and the last ocular; 8 or 9 

 superciliaries ; nasal large, with nostril piercing it, followed by 

 2 or 3 loreals, the first highest; 7 upper labials, sixth much the 

 largest; fifth low but long; a series of small suboculars, one 

 entering some distance between the fourth and fifth supralabials ; 

 a large temporal bordering the parietal is bordered by 5 other 

 enlarged scales; 2 enlarged preanals; 32 scale rows about the 

 body; about 66 dorsal scales from occiput to above the vent in 



