DISTRIBUTION 



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DISTRIBUTION OF PHILIPPINE LIZARDS 



Five saurian families, Gekkonidse, Agamidse, Varanidse, Scinci- 

 dse, and Dibamidse, are represented in the Philippine Islands. 

 These five families and no others are also found in Celebes and 

 the Moluccas. New Guinea has representatives of five; also an 

 endemic family, the Pygopodidse. 



Borneo has representatives of the five families found in the 

 Philippines and of three others; namely Helodermatidse, repre- 

 sented by the extremely rare Lanthonotus borneensis; Lacer- 

 tidse, represented by a single widespread species, Takydr omits 

 sexlineatus ; and the Anguidae, also represented by a single species, 

 Ophisaurus buttikoferi, known from a single specimen. I have 

 suggested that representatives of the last three families may be 

 found in Palawan, since the reptilian fauna of that island shows 

 a more-marked affinity to that of Borneo than to that of other 

 Philippine island groups. 



The representative of the Lacertidse might be regarded as a 

 recent immigrant to this eastern locality since the species is known 

 on the land masses intervening between this locality and the Afro- 

 Asian regions in which the family appears to have originated. 

 The representatives of the two latter families are obviously rem- 



Table 3.— 



Distribution 



of 



saurian 



families 















Family. 



03 

 B 



X 



c3 



N 



X 



1 



< 



X 



i 



c 

 '3 



o 



X 



to 



o 



X 



i 



c 

 'a 

 ft 



Ph 



X 



i 



X 



8 



c 



A 



X 



as 

 % 



X 



1 



X 



03 



C 



1 



X 



ft 

 X 



.5 



< 



X 

 X 



w 



< 



X 



X 



s 

 a 



X 

 X 



3 



X 



c3 



1 



<: 



■5 



X 

 X 



1 



a 



6_ 



X 



X 



1 



1 



CO 



X 

 X 



Gekkonidas-.- 





































X 

 X 



X 

 X 

































X 

 X 



— 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 

 X 



X 









Iguanidae 



X 



X 



X 



























X 

 X 



AntrniHflP 

















X 

 X 

 X 











X 



X 



X 

 X 



X 



X 



Helodermatidse 

























Varanidse 



X 



... 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



--- 



X 

 X 

 X 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 







AniphisbaenidEe 



X 



X 

 X 



X 







Lacertidse 

















X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



























































X 

 X 



X 



X 



Scincidae 



X 



X 



X 



X 

 X 



X 

 X 



X 

 X 



X 



X 

 X 



X 



X 

 X 



X 

 X 



X 



X 



X 



X 





















X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



X 



— 



Aniellidse 



































XantusiidaB 



































X 

 X 



X 



Teiidse 





































































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