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LIZARDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



There are two specimens of this species, in the collection of 

 the Ateneo de Manila, without locality label. 



TROPIDOPHORUS MISAMINIUS Stejneger 

 Tropidophorus misaminius Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 34 

 (1908) 202. 



Description of type. — (From Stejneger.) "Adult male. Up- 

 per head-shields smooth ; f ronto-nasal slightly longer than broad ; 

 prefrontals broadly in contact; frontal as long as fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal together, in contact with three ante- 

 rior supraoculars ; five supraoculars, first longest, fifth smallest ; 

 two or three anterior superciliaries large, followed by six very 

 small ones; none behind the suture between third and fourth 



supraocular ; f ronto-parietals sep- 

 arate, shorter than interparie- 

 tal; parietals not in contact be- 

 hind interparietal; nostril in a 

 single nasal, which is followed by 

 two loreals, one behind the other ; 

 anterior row of temporals differ- 

 entiated from the scales behind, 

 the upper three being shorter and 

 broader, the lower two long and 

 narrow; eight supralabials, the 

 anterior five low and subequal, 

 the sixth suddenly much higher 

 and twice as wide, seventh equal- 

 ling sixth and with the latter 

 FIG. 45. Tropidophorus misaminius stej- entering the orblt, from which 



neger ; after Stejneger ; a, head, dorsal ^^^Qy ^j.g Separated, hoWeVCr, by 

 view ; b, head, lateral view ; enlarged. . , /> n i 



a smgle row ot small scales as 

 large as the smaller superciliaries ; a large unpaired postmental 

 followed by three pairs of large submandibulars, the two anterior 

 pairs of which are in contact on the middle line ; ear-opening oval, 

 erect, smaller than eye-opening; 32 scales around the middle of 

 the body; dorsals, ten in the shielded part of the head, and 

 laterals strongly keeled, not mucronate, the keels forming eight 

 straight lines on the back; ventrals smooth, perceptibly smaller 

 than the dorsals, twelve in a head length; a single, very large 

 preanal plate; third finger almost as long as fourth; subdigital 

 lamellae smooth, 25 under the fourth toe ; extended hind leg barely 

 reaches the elbow; tail strongly compressed, with four strong 



