60 LIZARDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



Description of species. — (From No. 282, E. H. Taylor collec- 

 tion; collected at Hinigaran, Occidental Negros, November, 1914, 

 by E. H. Taylor.) Head normally oviform, a broad shallow 

 groove on forehead with a slight depression behind nostrils; 

 rostral broader than high ; nostril bordered by rostral, first labial, 

 two postnasals, and a supranasal ; latter bordering rostral, but 

 separated from other supranasal by a large median scale, also 

 bordering rostral; nine or ten upper labials, the anterior five 

 or six broader than high; mental triangular, very large, wider 

 than rostral ; nine lower labials ; a pair of very large chin shields 

 in contact behind mental, which enters between them; a second 

 pair of chin shields behind first pair, separated from each other 

 by three or four rows of scales and from labials by one or two 

 rows; snout covered with granules larger than those on body; 

 granules on occiput smaller than body granules; latter juxta- 

 posed ; scales on lateral flap imbricating, larger than body gran- 

 ules ; those on belly larger, imbricating ; a long series of femoral 

 and preanal pores in a continuous series, angular mesially, 

 twenty-one on each side, pierced in outer femoral row of scales ; 

 tail broad, constricted at base, flattened below, the annulatipns 

 dimly marked ; a series of forty-seven large, transversely widened 

 scales below tail; numerous small granules on either side of the 

 series of transverse plates; a broad, slightly denticulate fringe 

 on each side of tail, with several spinelike scales near its base; 

 a lateral flaplike appendage from axilla to groin; a similar flap 

 on posterior aspect of hind leg; digits well developed, inner 

 toes with a well-developed outer phalanx with claw; four digits 

 nearly half webbed; six to seven lamellae under longest toe, all 

 except outer divided by a median groove; preanal and femoral 

 scales of females without perforations or depressions. 



Colo7^ in life. — Dull drab gray above, slightly darker laterally, 

 the dark streak through eye to above shoulder rather prominent, 

 continued dimly along sides; below yellowish white; lamellae of 

 toes dark; tail with indistinct light marks or bars. 



Measurements of Cosymhotus platyurus (Schneider) . 



mm. 



Total length 119 



Snout to vent 55 



Snout to foreleg 19 



Axilla to groin 25 



Width of head 11 



Length of head 17 



Tail 64 



Width of tail 9 



Foreleg 23 



Hind leg 27 



