114 LIZARDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



scalation and proportions. The second specimen recorded is 

 from Butuan, Agusan. 



Remarks. — The specimens were captured in the afternoon 

 while feeding on the boles of coconut trees. They apparently 

 eat nothing but ants. The species appears to be rare, since no 

 other was seen. The types were collected by Everett, one from 

 Placer, northeastern Mindanao, the second (also a female) from 

 Dinagat. Known only from these two islands. The type is 

 larger than my specimens, having a length of 208 millimeters. 



DRACO CORNUTUS GUnther 



Draeo cornutus Gunther, Rept. Brit. India (1864) 125; Boulenger, 

 Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus. 1 (1885) 258, pi. 20, fig. 4 (head) ; Wandollek, 

 Abh. Mus. Dresden 9 (1900) 16; Werner, Mitt. Natur. Mus. Ham- 

 burg 27 (1910) 9; Taylor, Philip. Joum. Sci. § D 13 (1918) 246. 



Description of species. — ^(From Boulenger). "Head small; 

 snout as long as the diameter of the orbit; nostril lateral, di- 

 rected outwards; tympanum naked, smaller than the eye-open- 

 ing. Upper head-scales very unequal, keeled ; a Y-shaped series 

 of enlarged scales on the forehead; a large compressed spine- 

 like scale on the posterior part of the supraciliary region ; eight 

 or nine upper labials, the last twice or thrice as large as the 

 preceding. The male's gular appendage as long as the head. A 

 slight indication of a nuchal crest in both sexes. Dorsal scales 

 subequal, keeled, small, hardly larger than the ventrals ; a more 

 or less distinct lateral series of enlarged keleed [sic] distant 

 scales. The fore limb stretched forwards extends to the tip of 

 the snout or slightly beyond; the adpressed hind limb does 

 not reach the elbow of the adpressed fore limb." 



Color. — *'Upper surfaces variegated olive reddish-brown; a 

 black spot between the orbits, another on the nape, and another 

 on each side of the neck before the shoulders ; wing-membranes 

 above spotted or marbled with black and with the margin black, 

 inf eriorly with a few black spots or cross bands ; lower surface 

 of limbs and a broad zone along the belly blue in both sexes ; 

 throat with blue-green variegations; the male's gular append- 

 age red." 



Measurements of Draco cornutus Gunther. 



mm. 



Total lengi:h 222 



Head 16 



Width of head 11 



Body 76 



Foreleg: 30 



Hind leg 36 



Tail 130 



