AGAMID^ 105 



Variation. — In April, 1917, I found two eggs belonging to 

 what was apparently an unknown species. They were accident- 

 ally broken, and were found to contain almost fully developed 

 embryos of Pseudogekko compressicorpus. These differ slightly 

 from the type. The small scales about the angle of the mouth 

 are slightly more differentiated, and might be counted as labials, 

 which would make the number of labials twenty-five; there 

 are three small nasal scales above and behind the nostril. There 

 is no evidence of a depression behind the nostril, and the ar- 

 rangement of the preanal scales is similar ; one specimen has a 

 series of small pits in the scales ; in the other they are smooth. 

 The embryos measure 43 millimeters in length; snout to vent, 

 22 millimeters. In color they are light gray. 



Remarks. — Only these specimens are known. The type local- 

 ity is Limay, Bataan Province, Luzon. The eggs were found 

 in the topmost branch of a tree which had just been felled. They 

 were attached to the underside of a leaf and were flattened 

 on two sides, where they had been attached to the leaf and 

 to each other; they were broken before measurements of the 

 eggs could be taken. Apparently this is a very rare species, 

 or its habits are such as to prevent its being found easily. 



AGAMID^ 



Agamidse Gray, Phil. Mag. II 2 (1827); Cat. Liz. (1845) 234; 

 BouLENGER, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus. 1 (1885) 250. 



Skull with bony postorbital and postfronto-squamosal arches, 

 the first named formed by the frontal and the jugal, the latter 

 by the postfrontal and the squamosal ; supratemporal fossa not 

 roofed over ; premaxillary single ; nasals distinct ; parietal single ; 

 an interorbital septum; a columella cranii. Acrodont dentition, 

 usually with molars, canines, and incisors. No teeth in palate. 

 No dermal ossifications on head or body. 



Tongue short or moderate, thick, not or but slightly nicked 

 anteriorly, villose. Eye small, pupil round; eyelids well de- 

 veloped. Ear distinct or hidden. Scales imbricate or juxta- 

 posed, scales on head quite irregular. Limbs well developed, 

 the hind limbs usually very much longer than front ; tail usually 

 very long, not fragile; femoral and preanal pores are absent in 

 the largest part of the genera. It is a remarkable fact that they 

 are found in all Australian genera save one. Arboreal Agamidse 

 have the body compressed, and terrestrial forms flattened. 

 (After Boulenger.) 



Much has been written regarding the parallelism which occurs 

 between this family and the Iguanidse, which are confined to 

 the New World. 



