SPHENOMORPHUS 



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SPHENOMORPHUS COXI Taylor 

 Sphenomorphus coxi Taylor^ Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 10 (1915) 100. 



Description of species. — (From No. 70, E. H. Taylor collec- 

 tion; collected at Bunawan, Agusan, September, 1912, by E. H. 

 Taylor.) Rostral forms a slightly curved suture with fronto- 

 nasal; latter very much broader than long, laterally in contact 

 with anterior f renal; behind, it forms a suture with frontal 

 less than one-half as wide as rostral suture; no supranasals; 

 prefrontals about half as large as frontonasal, not widely 

 separated, in contact with two frenals, first superciliary, and 

 narrowly with first supraocular; frontal moderate, kite-shaped, 

 in contact with two supraoculars, as wide as, or slightly 

 narrower than, suproacular region; frontoparietal a single 



Fig. 19. Sphenomorphus coxi Taylor ; a, head, dorsal view ; b, head, lateral view ; c, chin ; 



X 3. 



scale, wider than frontal but slightly shorter ; interparietal very 

 small; parietals large, forming a moderate suture behind inter- 

 parietal; nasal single, set diagonally, with nostril pierced near 

 middle, touching two labials, followed by a single, narrow, ante- 

 rior f renal and a second f renal lower and broader ; two preoculars 

 superimposed, upper smallest, lower followed by two narrow 

 scales placed diagonally above fourth and fifth labials; five 

 supraoculars, first twice as long as second, second broadest, last 

 followed by four scales arranged in pairs, two of which border 

 parietal but do not separate it from fifth supraocular; eleven 

 superciliaries, first largest; two or three small scales above 

 upper preocular, and a number of small scales below eye, bor- 

 dering sixth and seventh labials; a much-enlarged temporal 



