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Mr. John Whitehead made a trip to Palawan in 1885 during a 

 sojourn in northern Borneo. The reptiles he collected were 

 studied by Mocquard, whose report contained the first record for 

 the Philippines of Draco volans. During 1890 to 1896 White- 

 head made zoological collections in other Philippine islands, where 

 the types of two new lizards were taken ; namely Sphenomorphus 

 decipiens (Boulenger), from Isabela Province, Luzon; and Sphe- 

 nomorphiis luzonensis (Boulenger) , from "Mt. Benguet," Luzon. 

 These were obtained for the British Museum. 



Dr. 0. Fr. von Moellendorff made reptile collections in various 

 parts of the Archipelago, which were sent to the Senckenberg 

 Museum, at Frankfort. His specimens have been reported upon 

 by Dr. 0. Boettger. Types were collected of Lepidodactyhts bre- 

 vipes Boettger, Samar, 1897, and Sphenomorphiis moellendorffi, 

 (Boettger) , Tablas. It is known that a number of the specimens 

 in the Moellendorff collections were actually collected by Jose 

 Florencio Quadras and Dr. Leon Guerrero. 



A small collection from the Calamian Islands, sent to Dresden 

 by A. Schadenberg, of Manila, contained a specimen of Lygosoma 

 chalcides (Linnaeus), which is the first record for the Islands of 

 this species. 



Boettger mentions a collection of Philippine reptiles belonging 

 to B. Schmacker, Shanghai, China, containing several specimens 

 from Mindoro. Of the Philippine specimens in this collection, I 

 know nothing further than what has been recorded by Boettger. 



Prof. J. B. Steere collected the type of Sphenomorphus steerei 

 Stejneger, in Guimaras Island. 



A few small collections made in the Philippines since American 

 occupation have found their way into the United States National 

 Museum. Among these are the collections of Mr. Richard C. Mc- 

 Gregor, ornithologist of the Bureau of Science, who collected in 

 the Babuyanes group in 1903. On Calayan he collected the type 

 of Luperosaurus macgregori Stejneger and specimens of: 



Mabuya multicarinata (Gray). Hemidactylus frenatus Dumeril and 

 Dasia smaragdinum (Lesson). Bibron. 



Sphenomorphus jdgori Peters. Gekko monarchus (Dumeril and Bi- 

 Emoia atrocostatum (Lesson). bron). 4^- 



Dr. Edgar A. Mearns sent to the United States National Mu- 

 seum with his other collections a number of lizards, among 

 which were the types of Draco mindanensis Stejneger, from Min- 

 danao; Sphenomorphus atrigularis Stejneger, from **Catagan,'* 

 Mindanao; and Tropidophorus misaminius Stejneger, from "Ca- 

 tagan," Mindanao. These are still known only from the type 

 specimens. They were collected in 1906. 



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