SPHENOMORPHUS 187 



in contact with first f renal; no supranasals; prefrontals very 

 large, broadly in contact; frontal triangular, its broadest part 

 anterior to first supraocular, in contact with three supraoculars ; 

 frontoparietals distinct, broadly in contact, elongate, touching 

 three supraoculars; parietals large, forming a suture behind 

 interparietal, which is narrow and elongate ; nasal large, pierced 

 by a rather large nostril ; two f renals, first higher and narrower 

 than second, which is larger than first; two preocular scales 

 superimposed, the lower much the larger; two or three rows 

 of scales between labials and orbit; ten superciliaries, first 

 especially large, in contact with frontal; five supraoculars, last 

 very small (can scarcely be considered a supraocular) ; lower 

 eyelid covered by two rows of scales, the upper small, second 

 row vertically elongate, enlarged, eleven or twelve in number; 

 small postoculars; five temporals, that bordering parietal very 

 large ; ear large, about one-half diameter of eye ; six upper labials, 

 fourth and fifth below eye, fifth largest; lower labials four or 

 five, very narrow and elongate ; mental moderate, first postmental 

 more than twice as deep; four pairs of chin shields, first pair 

 in contact, second pair separated by one scale, third pair by 

 three scal6s, fourth pair broken in two ; forty to forty-two scale 

 rows about body, laterally arranged in vertical rows; two en- 

 larged preanals, with enlarged scales in front of them; twenty- 

 one rounding lamellae under fourth toe ; adpressed hind leg fails 

 to reach axilla, but reaches to near elbow of adpressed foreleg; 

 ear slightly nearer foreleg than end of snout. 



Color in life. — Above brown, variegated with lighter and 

 darker scales, and a median row of irregular dim, dark spots ; a 

 lateral stripe, beginning on point of nose, widening behind ear, 

 continues as a broken line of dark, irregular spots to some dis- 

 tance on tail; labials and chin muddy white with bluish tinge; 

 belly with a wash of canary yellow; tail spotted below; spots 

 present on preanal scales. 



Measurements of type of Sphenomorphus arborens Taylor. 



mm. 



Total len^h 168 



Snout to vent 65 



Vent to end of tail 103 



Snout to foreleg 25 ■ 



Axilla to groin 32 



Width of head ' 9 



Width of body 10 



Foreleg • 20 



Hind leg 28 



