[ ANNAU N. Y. ACAD. Sa., Vol. XXIX, pp. 141-143)

TWO NEW LIZARDS FROM NORTHWESTERN PERU

By G. K. XOBLE

The present paper is the third to appear dealing with the reptilct; collwtcd by the Iiarvard Peruvian Expedition of 1'310. An earlier paper' deals with threo new species and on0 new genus of lizards. .\ second papel2 diSCU66eB the'ostcology and relatione of two of tliesc new species. In a paper on the amphibian2 secured by the expedi- tion, there is given a brief account of the charactor of the region en- countered. Both species of lizards descrihed below as new aro yepresented in tho collection by a large series of specimens.

Amphisbaeenrt pericensis, new species

Diagnostic Characters

Nasals forming a broad suture on the snout; two large prefrontals, distinct from nasals and labials; suture between nasals slightly levv than half as long as that between prefrontals; temporal slightly larger than the ocular; a distinct lateral line; 34 segments in a ring around the body ; 232 rings on the tail and body, 20 of these on the tail ; 4 preanal pores.

Distribution

Known only from the arid valleys of the Chinchipe and Marafion, from Perico on the north to Bellavista on the south; probably more widely distributed thronghout this sandy region of northwestern Peru.

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1916; G. K. Noble. Adult male, X. @. Z. Ro. 14631, from Perico, Peru; Scptcmber,

'Noble, G. K.. 1921. :\nn. N. Y. Acad. Sci., XXIX, pp. 133.139. 'Noble. C . K., 1921. Amer. Mus. Novitatcs. No. 4. 'Barbour. T. & Koble, G. K., 1920. Bull, Mus. Comp. Zool., Cambridse, Mass., LXIII.

PP. 395.427, PIS. 1.111.

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Rostra1 small, scarcely visible frum above; nasals forming a sutuil . a trifle less than half as long as that between the prefrontals, just hall as long as the suture betwrcn the frontals; frontals with about 111111

the area of the prefrontale ; ocular moderate, slightly smallcr thui the third supralabial; one postocular (followed on the left side by # I

sinall sc:rlc) ; temporal slightly larger than the ocular and slightl) suiallcr than procular ; a pair of occipital8 in broad contact wit11 the paired frontals; each occipital sliglitly larger than a postoculay, al out tho srirne size ns a frontal. Three suprtilabials, the second much largcr than tho first, slightly larger than the third; second and third siipralabials in vontact with the ocular. A t i t a l followed by il

mcdian postmental; three lower labids; the secoud three or four times as large n6 the mental; malar shield about the same size as thv first lower labial; brhind the postmental and between the second lower labials and malnrs of *each side, two transvepe rows of scalcs consisting of three and foiir scalm respectively. 232 rings on thr tail and body; 20 on tlle tail (from the posterior lip of'the cloaca, 23 from the anterior lip) ; 34 segments in a ring around the bodv. 14 of thcse dorsal to the liiteral line; dorsal s e p e n t s much narrower than ventral oncs; anal shields six; preanal pores four.

Color dark piirplish brown nbove, straw color below; the diirk tonc fading oiit on the sides in a series of small spots, one to a segment: an unpipentrd line on endi side of the hody ; throat and nrck mow or less siiffiiscd with the dark color.

dleasmments

of body 4 mm. Tip of snout tn vent, 1% mm.; vent to tip of tail 15 mm.; diameter

Bachia intermedia, new species

Dingnostic Characters Forelimb with three clawed digital tuberclcs ; liind limb miniitc.

undivided, clawless; frontonnsal broad; no interparietal ; thrc(. supraocnlars; one preoaular and one postoclilar ; six .temporals; six ltpper and five lower labials ; dorsal scales elongate, hexagonal, o v w lapping. -_

'I have follo\wd h e nomenclaiare given by StrjnrKcr. 1904; Rept. U. S. Nat. Mus- 1902, p 675.

NOBLE, NEW LIZARDS PROM NORTHWESTEEN PERU 143

Uiytraution Known only from the valleys of the Chinchipe and Xarafion from

l'erico on the north to Bellavista on the south, Department of Cajamarca, Peru. l'y ye

Adult female, M. C. Z. So. 14630, from Perico, Peru; September, 1916; Q. K. Noble.

l l euo ip t ion of T y p e k'orelimb with three clawed digital tuberclm ; hiud limb minute,

undivided, clawless. Rostra1 bluntly trapezoid, visible from above ; frontonasal very broad, trapezoid, slightly broader than long ; fron- tals pentagonal, more than twice as long as the frontonasal, nearly . as long as the parietals; parietals nearly twice as long as broad; no interyarietal ; three supraoculars; one very small preocular ; a long infraocular in contact with the third, fourth and fifth labials; zt

single postocular nearly as large as the anterior temporal; nasal more than twice as long as high; loreal slightly higher than long, not half as long as the nasal; temporals six; eix upper and five lowei labials. Chin shields, one anterior and two pairs, both pairs forming sutures; the suture between the first pair twice as long as that between the second. Dorsal scales elongate, hesagond, over- lapping, thirty scale rows around the middle of the body, fifty-one from the occiput to the base of the tail. A pair of pectoral shields about twice as long as the other ventral plates; eight preanal shields, the two median scales half as long as the two immediately adjacent, and arranged one in front of the other; the two outer pairs of preanal shields very much narrower than the median scales. Tail more than twice as long a8 the body, covered witli scales similar to tlie dorsals.

Color pale yellowish or reddish brown above, dark chocolate brown on the sides, slightly lighter On the ventral surfaces. TWO namow, dark brown stripes above, extending from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail ; these lines broken up into a series of spots in the body region; a narrow median stripe of the same dark tone extendinc from the frontal shield to a short distance behind thej shoulders.

Measurements

2 mm. ; hind limb, 1 mm. ; tail, 57 mm. Total length, 161 nim. 3 tip of snout to occiput, 7 nim.: forelimb.