A NEW LIZARD OF THE GENUS SPHENOMORPHUS (REPTILIA, SCINCIDAE) FROM MT-KITANGLAD, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

A new lizard, Sphenomorphus kitangladensis, is described from Mindanao, Philippine Islands. It is in Group 3, the Sphenomorphus laterimaculatus Group. It differs from other species of this group in the separation of the anterior loreal from the labials and, except for Sphenomorphus acutus, the smaller eye relative to snout-length. In color pattern and general appearance, this species is most similar to Sphenomorphus leucospilos and S, laterimaculatus from Luzon Island; but differs from the former in the greater number of scale rows between parietals and base of the tail, and from the latter in the lower number of midbody rows.