70 LIZARDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



whitish, speckled with brown. Length of head and body 44 

 mm.; tail 38 mm." {de Rooij.) 



Measurements of Hemiphyllodactylus typus Bleeker. 



Total length 82 



Head 10 

 Width of head 6.5 



Body 34 



Foreleg 11 



Hind leg 15 



Tail 38 



Remarks. — This species has been included on the strength of 

 Parenti and Picaglia's record. Their specimen was from Ticao 

 Island near southern Luzon. Apparently, the species grows to 

 a larger size than Hemvphyllodactylus insularis. The species is 

 known to occur in Borneo, Java (the type locality), Sumatra, 

 Simalur, and Nias. 



Genus LEPIDODACTYLUS Fitzinger 



Platydactylus Dumeril and Bibron, Erp. Gen. 3 (1836) 290, part. 

 Lepidodactylus Fitzinger, Syst. Rept. (1843) 98; Boulenger, Cat. 



Liz. Brit. Mus. 1 (1885) 162, part. 

 Amydosaurus Gray, Cat. Liz. (1845) 162. 

 Peripia Gunther, Rept. Brit. India (1864) 110, part. 



Digits dilated, free or with a rudiment of a web ; below with 

 transverse lamellae, the outer divided by a median groove; a 

 very short, compressed, distal, clawed joint rising from the 

 extremity of dilated portion of toe, inner without claw; body 

 covered with granular scales above, below with juxtaposed or 

 subimbricating scales ; pupil vertical ; males with preanal or fem- 

 oral pores. 



The genus is widely distributed throughout the East Indian 

 Archipelago, Polynesia, and southwestern Australia. It is rep- 

 resented in the Philippines by eight species. 



Key to the Philippine species of Lepidodactylus Fitzinger. 



a.\ Rostral enters nostril. 



fc\ Upper labials, 14; lower labials, 15; no femoral pores; 9 preanal 

 pores on each side, forming a doubly arched series, angular 

 medially; tail cylindrical L. labialis (Peters) (p. 85). 



6^ Upper labials, 13 or 14; lower labials, 12 or 13; an unbroken angular 

 series of 12 preanal pores, 6 on each side; tail nearly circular in 

 cross section, slender, sharply swollen at base. 



L. brevipes Boettger (p. 74). 



fe^ Upper labials, 12; lower labials, 11 (type description does not mention 

 pores or pore scales) ; tail with a lateral, flaplike, free margin; digits 

 wide in proportion to length L. planicaudus Stejneger (p. 75). 



