186 LIZARDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



spots; frequently a dark line from eye to ear; dim yellowish 

 spots scattered on back and sides, and above limbs. 



Measurements of Sphenomorphus variegatus (Peters). 



mm. 



Total length 155 



Snout to vent 57 



Snout to foreleg 23 



Tail 98 



Width of head 9 



Axilla to groin 26 



Foreleg 22 



Hind leg 33 



Variation. — Fourteen specimens are in the collection from 

 the Agusan Valley, and they agree fairly well in scalation; the 

 young are always more brilliantly marked, the tails being a 

 rosy pink color, and the light spots on legs and along the lateral 

 dark stripe are brilliant yellow; in each of two specimens (Nos. 

 542 and 536, E. H. Taylor collection) there is a small scale 

 intercalated between the prefontals, while in No. 548 (E. H. 

 Taylor collection) the frontal is in contact with the frontonasal. 



Remarks. — The species is largely terrestrial, and specimens 

 a;re found running on the ground or feeding under logs, about 

 stumps, and the bases of trees. When alarmed they most fre- 

 quently take refuge in trees, running around the trunks and 

 keeping out of sight of the pursuer. They rarely ascend any 

 considerable distance in a tree. 



In the Philippines the species appears to be confined to the 

 southern part of the Archipelago; Dinagat Island is the most 

 northern record. Found also in Borneo, Celebes, New Guinea, 

 and the Bismarck Archipelago. The type locality is 'Thilip- 

 pines," very probably from Mindanao, and very probably col- 

 lected there by Dr. C. Semper, although Peters does not explicitly 

 state that such is the case. 



SPHENOMORPHUS ARBORENS Taylor 

 Plate 17 



Sphenomorphus arborens Taylor, Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 12 (1917) 

 373, pi. 1. 



Description of species. — (From the type, No. 413, E. H. Taylor 

 collection; collected on Mount Canlaon, Occidental Negros, 

 December 20, 1915, by E. H. Taylor.) (Adult male.) Head 

 short and blunt, rostral bent backward over snout, forming a 

 curved suture with frontonasal; latter much wider than deep, 



