22 LIZARDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



GiRARD, Charles. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1857) 196. 



Describes Leiolopisma vulcanium under the name of Lipinia vulcania. 

 GiRARD, Charles. United States Exploring Expedition during the Years 

 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, 

 U. S. N., Vol. 20, Herpetology. With folio atlas. Philadelphia, J. B. 

 Lippincott & Co. (1858) i-xvii + 1-496. 



Lists two frogs, one snake, and five lizards from the Philippines. 

 Gekko gecko is beautifully figured, pi. 16, figs. 9-16. 

 GoGORZA Y Gonzales, Jose D. Datos para la fauna Filipina. Vertebrados. 

 Madrid, Imprenta de Fortaner (1888) 57 pages. [Extract from 

 Anal, de la Soc. Esp. de Hist. Nat. 17 (1888).] 



Eighty-seven reptiles and ten amphibians are listed. 

 Gray, John Edward. Catalogue of Lizards, ed. 1, London (1845). 

 The following Philippine species are described in this work: 



Luperosaurus cumingii. 



Dracunculus ornatus (= Draco ornatus) . 



Tiaris sophise {= Gonyocephalus sophiss) . 



Bronchocela marmoratns {= Calotes marmoratus) , 



Uaranus rudicollis ( =: Varanus rudicollis) . 



Otosaurus cumingii. 



Hinulia fasciatum (= Sphenomorphus fasciatus). 



Lipinia pulchellum {—Leiolopisma pule helium) . 



Tiliqua multicarinata (— Mabuya multicarinata) . 



Brachymeles bicolor. 



Besides these new species the following Philippine species are re- 

 corded: Peropus mutilatus Wiegmann; Uaranus ornatus (non Daudin 

 = Varanus grayi) Boulenger; Mocoa cumingi {=:Lygosoma atrocos- 

 tatum) Lesson; Tiliqua grisea {— Dasia species?); and Keneuxia 

 smaragdinum {= Dasia smaragdinum) . 

 GuNTHER, A. Notes on some reptiles and batrachians obtained by Dr. 

 Adolph Bernhard Meyer in Celebes and the Philippine Islands. Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. London (1873) 165-172, pis. 17, 18. 



Ten Philippine lizards are listed, with copious notes. A drawing 

 of the head of Sphenomorphus jagori Peters is given under the name 

 of Hinulia variegata. The snakes Oligodon notospilus, from Min- 

 danao, and Zaocys luzonensis, from Luzon, are described as new. Ho- 

 logerrhum philippinum Giinther and Oligodon notospilus are figured 

 by complete drawings, and Pseudorhabdium oxycephalum Giinther 

 by three text figures under the name Oxycalamus oxycephalus. A 

 total of six snakes is listed. The frogs Polypedates similis (= Rana 

 similis) Giinther and Platymantis meyeri {= Cornufer meyeri) Giin- 

 ther are described as new from Laguna de Bay. 

 GuNTHER, A. On two species of Hydrosauru^ from the Philippine Islands. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1872) 145 and 146, pis. 7, 8. 



Discusses Varanus cumingi Martin and describes Hydrosaurus 

 7iuchalis (= Varanus nuchalis) , showing splendid figures of the heads 

 of both species. 

 GuNTHER, A. On the reptiles and amphibians of Borneo. Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. London (1872) 586-600, pis. 35-40. 



Reports specimens of Tiaris sophise — {Gonyocephalus sophise Gray) 

 from the Philippines with drawing of the head, fig. c, pi. 37. 



