LEIOLOPISMA 213 



nearer ear than end of snout; limbs long, hind limb reaches 

 axilla; digits long and slender, compressed distally, fourth toe 

 much longer than third ; subdigital lamellae smooth, very uneven 

 in size and shape, twenty-three to twenty-five under fourth toe; 

 two enlarged preanals; twenty-four smooth scales around body, 

 the median dorsal rows much enlarged; scales under tail 

 broadened. 



Color in life. — A median golden yellow stripe runs from snout 

 to end of tail, bordered laterally by two equally broad, black- 

 brown bands which stop at base of tail or continue only a short 

 distance ; dorsolaterally a wider brownish stripe from eye to end 

 of tail, with small irregular flecks of yellowish and bordered 

 below with a dark black-brown line from eye to groin; upper 

 part of limbs brown with dark spots; digits barred with dark 

 brown and yellowish; below, iridescent greenish white; labials 

 with dark spots. 



Measurements of Leiolopis7na pulchellum (Gray). 



mm. 



Len^h 108 



Snout to vent 41.5 



Tail 66.5 



Axilla to groin 21 



Snout to foreleg: 16 



Foreleg 16 



Hind leg 20 



Variation. — The nine specimens from Mindanao are lighter 

 in color than the Luzon specimens, and the two bands border- 

 ing the golden streak are much narrower and very much lighter 

 brown ; the second lateral dark streak from eye to groin is want- 

 ing; the tail is much lighter, almost wholly yellow on the pos- 

 terior half; they have five supraoculars, three (in one specimen 

 four) touching the frontal ; the first superciliary is fairly large, 

 separated from frontal. The interparietal is usually wider than 

 the frontal. The Luzon specimens, three from Mount Mari- 

 veles, and one from Albay, all have distinct brown lines from 

 eye to groin dorsolaterally; the sides of the tail are brown 

 almost to the end; the blackish stripes bordering the median 

 light stripe are wider; there are usually four supraoculars; one 

 specimen has the anterior broken, forming five; that touching 

 the prefrontals smallest. 



The measurements of No. 735, E. H. Taylor collection, the 

 largest Mindanao specimen, are given. The largest Luzon spec- 

 imen measures 100 millimeters in length and 41.5 from snout 

 to vent. 



