134 LIZARDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



still present at base of tail ; anteriorly, the nuchal crest reaches 

 forward to a vertical, halfway between eye and tympanum; 

 dorsal scales very small, feebly keeled, pointing upward and back- 

 w^ard ; a few irregularly scattered enlarged scales on sides ; ven- 

 tral scales large, strongly keeled; scales on legs very irregular 

 but for the most part enlarged ; scales under tail large and strong- 

 ly keeled ; limbs strong ; hind leg brought forward reaches nostril 

 or. beyond; third and fourth fingers equal; lamellae under toes 

 strongly keeled ; tail keeled and slightly compressed. 



Color in alcohol. — Above yellowish brown, body and neck 

 crossed by four broad, darker brown lines which reach low on 

 sides ; the two median bars broadest and three body bars rather 

 coalescing on sides ; brown bars spotted with darker brown, and 

 a few darker spots on the light interspaces ; head brown with a 

 brown spot in occipital region and a few scattered brown spots 

 on lips; chin with numerous brown spots forming indistinct, 

 curved, longitudinal lines ; tail barred with rings of dark brown 

 separated by similar rings of light yellow-brown; limbs and 

 digits barred with darker brown. 



Measurements of Gonyocephalus sophias (Gray). 



mm. 



Total length 155 



Snout to vent 105 



Tail, part missing 50 



Leng:th of head 32 



Depth of head 19 



Supraocular width 18 



Snout to foreleg 46 



Axilla to groin 46 



Diameter of eye 8 



Diameter of tympanum 5 



Foreleg 58 



Hind leg 89 



Remarks. — The only specimen of this species examined is the 

 one here described. It is an adult female containing two unde- 

 veloped eggs. The six specimens listed by Boulenger, including 

 the type, were collected by Cuming. The exact locality is no 

 longer known. F. Miiller listed specimens from Mindanao. 

 Known only from Negros and Mindanao. 



GONYOCEPHALUS INTERRUPTUS Boulenger 

 Plate 9, fig. 1 



Gonyocephalus interruptus Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus. 1 (1885) 

 290, pi. 21; BoETTGER, Ber. Senck. Nat. Ges. (1886) 98. 



Tiaris subcristata, (non Blyth) Fischer, Jahrb. wiss. Anst. Hamburg 

 2 (1885) 80. 



