

CONTENTS 



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Illustrations 7 



Introduction 13 



Historical 14 



Bibliography of Philippine Lizards 19 



Species op Lizards Erroneously Attributed to the Philippine 



Islands 26 



Types of Philipppine Lizards 28 



Distribution of Philippine Lizards 33 



Classification of the Lizards 38 



Order Squamata 41 



Suborder Sauria 41 



Family Gekkonid^ 41 



Genus Gymnodactylus Spix , 43 



GymnodactylUs annulatus Taylor 44 



Gymnodactylus philippinicus Steindachner 47 



Gymnodactylus agusanensis Taylor 49 



Genus Hemidactylus Oken 52 



Hemidactylus frenatus Dumeril and Bibron 52 



Hemidactylus luzonensis Taylor 55 



Hemidactylus garnotii Dumeril and Bibron 56 



Genus Cosymbotus Fitzinger 59 



Cosymbotus platyurus (Schneider) 59 



Genus Peropus Wiegmann 62 



Peropus mutilatus (Wiegmann) 62 



Genus Perochirus Boulenger 65 



Perochirus ateles (Dumeril) 65 



Genus Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker 65 



Hemiphyllodactylus insularis Taylor 66 



Hemiphyllodactylus typus Bleeker 69 



Genus Lepidodactylus Fitzinger 70 



Lepidodactylus divergens Taylor 71 



Lepidodactylus brevipes Boettger 74 



Lepidodactylus planicaudus Stejneger '... 75 



Lepidodactylus naujanensis Taylor 76 



Lepidodactylus woodfordi Boulenger. 78 



Lepidodactylus christiani Taylor 81 



Lepidodactylus aureolineatus Taylor 83 



Lepidodactylus labialis (Peters) 85 



Genus Luperosaurus Gray 85 



Luperosaurus cumingii Gray 86 



Luperosaurus macgregori Stejneger 87 



Luperosaurus joloensis Taylor .,. 88 



Genus Gekko Laurenti 90 



Gekko monarchus (Dumeril and Bibron) 91 



Gekko gecko (Linnaeus) 94 



Gekko mindorensis Taylor 98 



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