246 LIZARDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



BRACHYMELES BOULENGERI sp. nov. 

 Plate 22, fig. 2 



Senira bicolor, part., Gray, Cat. Liz. (1845) 98; Gunther, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. London (1879) 76. 

 Brachymeles gracilis Boulenger (non Fischer) , Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus. 3 



(1887) 387; Taylor, Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 12 (1917) 270, 379; § 



D 13 (1918) 257. 



Type. — No. 205, E. H. Taylor collection; collected on Polillo 

 Island, July 15, 1920, by E. H. Taylor. 



Description of type. — Rostral much broader than high, in 

 contact with frontonasal, separating the two supranasals ; fronto- 

 nasal much wider than deep, in contact with frontal ; prefrontals 

 narrowly separated; frontal quadrangular, a little longer than 

 wide; five supraoculars, the second the widest, the first broadly 

 in contact with the prefrontal ; frontoparietals four-sided, form- 

 ing a median suture; interparietal small; parietals meeting be- 

 hind the interparietal; nostril in a small nasal followed by a 

 postnasal; two large loreal scales, the anterior largest; two 

 preoculars; six upper labials, the fourth entering 

 the orbit; temporals not differentiated; mental 

 much broader than deep ; an azygous postmental ; 

 three pairs of chin shields, first pair in contact; 

 second pair widest, separated by a single scale; 

 third pair small ; the scales on tip of snout thicker 

 than others on head; legs small, pentadactyl, the 

 Fig. 46. Brachyme- foreleg fails to reach the ear by a distance equal 

 nov.rrjrTweiZ; to ouc-third to one-half its length; hind leg con- 

 x2. tained in axilla-to-groin distance about three and 



eight-tenths times; tail thick, partially regenerated; eight 

 lamellae under longest toe; preanals somewhat enlarged. 



Color in life. — Above brown, each scale with a darker brown 

 area; a lighter dorsolateral streak from head to tail not well 

 defined; belly dirty yellow-brown. 



Measurements of the type of Brachymeles boulengeri sp. nov. 



mm. 



Total length 165 



Tail 90 



Axilla to groin 57 



Snout to foreleg 25 



Foreleg 10 



Hind leg 15 



Width of head 10.5 



