160 LIZARDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



with second, separated from third; four supraoculars (three on 

 left side), second widest and longest; frontoparietals elongate, 

 distinct; interparietal small, parietals not forming a suture be- 

 hind it; a pair of nuchals present; nostril large, pierced in 

 posterior part of nasal; a small postnasal; two frenals longer 

 than high; six elongate superciliaries ; several enlarged tem- 

 porals, the largest not bordering parietal; seven upper labials, 

 fifth below eye; mental narrow; an azygos postmental, and two 

 paired chin shields ; thirty-two scales around middle of body, the 

 dorsals with three to five sharply defined keels; laterals smooth 

 or keeled; ventral scales smooth; preanals no larger than other 

 ventral scales; limbs strong, twenty lamellae under fourth toe; 

 scales under tail not widened except under regenerated part; 

 adpressed hind leg reaches elbow of foreleg ; ear opening small, 

 with anterior lobules, nearer foreleg than end of snout; lower 

 eyelid scaly. 



Color in life. — Above brown with a slight olive wash, and 

 slightly iridescent; the five median scale rows edged with black 

 on their sides which gives the appearance of five indistinct 

 stripes of black; laterally much darker, with greenish to milky 

 white quadrangular spots or ocelli; below bluish green; labial 

 sutures edged with black. Tail with dark spots or lines above 

 with a black lateral stripe; ocelli continued on tail. 



Measurements of Mabuya multifasciata Kuhl. 



mm. 



Total lengl^h 295 



Snout to vent 123 



Tail, regenerated 175 



Snout to foreleg 46 



Axilla to groin 59 



Foreleg 38 



Hind leg 54 



Variation. — Males are bluish to olive green, uniformly col- 

 ored, or with a large, lateral orange or yellow spot usually 

 present during the breeding season, and in certain specimens 

 during the entire year. 



The Negros specimens, of which an adult female is described, 

 are apparently larger and longer than those occurring in other 

 localities. The largest two specimens measure 131 and 134 milli- 

 meters from snout to vent; the total length of the first is 317 

 millimeters; in the second the tail is broken. The scale rows 

 vary between thirty-two and thirty-four. Large series are 

 present in my collection from Mindanao, Mindoro, and Manila; 

 in the Bureau of Science collection there is a good series from 



