Stan THREE NEW LIZARDS—STEJNEGER. 901 
Remarks.—This species, represented by a single well-preserved 
specimen, needs no comparison with the other Philippine species. 
In many respects it seems to resemble Sphenomorphus temminckii 
(Duméril and Bibron) from Java, to which it may be related, a point 
which can not be decided here,as the descriptions published of this 
rare species fail to mention the character of the temporals. From 
this species it differs among other things by its smaller size and the 
relatively much shorter tail. 
SPHENOMORPHUS STEEREI, new species. 
Diagnosis—No supranasals; fronto-nasal broadly in contact with 
rostral; fronto-parietals fused; four large supraoculars; no auricular 
lobules; fourth toe much longer than third; head and body equalling 
length of tail; well-differentiated temporal scutes; 30 scale rows 
around the middle of the body; ear-opening large, about two-thirds 
the eye-opening, nearer to the fore leg than to the tip of snout. 
Habitat—Guimaras Island, Philippines. 
Type.—Cat. No. 32658, U.S.N.M.; Guimaras Island; Prof. J. B. 
Steere, collector. 
Description of type-specimen (figs. 3, 4).—Snout somewhat elongate 
and pointed ; no supranasals; fronto-nasal broader than long, in contact 
with rostal, separated from frontal by prefrontals, 
which -are broadly in contact; frontal shorter than 
fronto-parietal, in contact with first and second supra- 
oculars; fronto-parietals elongate, fused into a single 
shield; interparietal long and narrow, shaped like and 
but slightly shorter than frontal; parietals large, 
barely in contact behind interparietal; four supra- 
oculars, first largest; seven superciliaries; nostril 4 
pierced in nasal; two vertical frenals behind nasal; 
lower eyelid scaly; supralabials separated from eye by 
a row of small scales; fifth supralabial under center 16s. 3, 4.—Srne- 
of eye; two anterior temporals well differentiated, the  onree. ss as 
upper being a large wedge-shaped shield; no enlarged = aturan size. 
nuchals; ear-opening circular, large, two-thirds the : Be ee a! 
eye-opening, its center considerably nearer the inser- Nip SUSE), WUE! 
tion of the fore leg than the tip of the snout; 30 smooth aE 
scales around the middle of the body; a pair of enlarged preanals; 
legs moderately developed, digits slender; hind leg equals distance 
from center of eye to fore leg; fourth toe much longer than third, 
with 12 lamella on underside; tail as long as head and body, tapering 
from the base, without enlarged scales underneath. Color (in alcohol) 
above mummy brown, with a series of indistinct, elongate dusky spots 
on the median line of the back; a narrow, dark brown dorso-lateral 
