250 LIZARDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



Brachymeles schadenbergii Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus. 3 (1887) 



386. 

 Brachymeles schadenbergi Taylor, Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 12 (1917) 



268. 



Description of species. — (Described from twenty specimens 

 from Mindanao.) Rostral large, longer than wide, pointed be- 

 hind, in contact with frontonasal in seven specimens, separated 

 in thirteen specimens; supranasals present, either in contact or 

 separated; frontonasal usually broader than wide; prefrontals 

 constantly separated, having frontal narrowly in contact with 

 frontonasal; frontal large, longer than broad, or equal, con- 

 stantly in contact with two supraoculars ; frontoparietals usually 

 in contact (two specimens show exception), as broad as long, 

 or a little broader; interparietal large, longer than broad, with 

 a whitish ''eye-spot;" parietals not forming a suture behind 

 interparietal (one exception) ; no nuchals; nostril pierced in 



Fig. 48. 



Brachymeles schadenbergi (Fischer) ; a, head, dorsal view; b, head, lateral view; 

 c, chin ; X 2. 



a small nasal which is followed by a small postnasal ; two f renals, 

 first much higher than wide; second lower than first, nearly 

 square; two small preocular scales; five supraoculars, second 

 widest ; six superciliaries ; six or seven upper labials, fourth en- 

 tering orbit (two specimens have a fifth), first largest; four 

 subequal scales at posterior corner and below eye; temporal 

 scales slightly enlarged; mental large, somewhat rectangular; 

 five to seven, usually six, lower labials ; an undivided postmental, 

 wider than deep; first pair of chin shields wider than second 

 pair, in contact or not (ten specimens in contact, ten separate) ; 

 rostral, mental, first upper and first lower labials, nasal, post- 

 nasals, and internasals all apparently thickened, and lighter in 

 color ; eye small, its orbital diameter equals one-half its distance 

 from snout; distance from eye to auricular opening greater 



