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Show 1871.] DR. J. ANDERSON ON INDIAN REPTILES. 167 CALOTES VERSICOLOR, Daud.; Gthr. I. c. p. 140. Darjeeling, 3800 to 4000 feet. CALOTES MARIA, Gray; Gthr. I. c. pp. 144, 145. Garo Hills. CALOTES MYSTACEUS, D. & B. ; Gthr. I. c. p. 141. Garo Hills. OREOTIARIS TRICARINATA. Calotes tricarinatus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. xxii. p. 650. Tiaris elliotti, Gthr. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 151, pl. xxv. fig. B. Oriotiaris elliotti, Gthr. Ind. Rept. p. 150. 1 Calotes tricarinatus, Blyth; Gthr. Ind. Rept. p. 144. I have compared Blyth's type of C. tricarinatus with Gunther's figure and description of T. elliotti, and can detect nothing by which to separate them. M y specimen was from an elevation of 6000 feet in the neighbourhood of Darjeeling. The type and the latter measure:-- Total length TaiL in. lin. in. lin. 5 9 4 0 5 6 3 8 TIARIS SUBCRISTATA, Blyth ; Gthr. I. c. p. 151. Stoliczka has given a full description of this Lizard and of its variations, and has pointed out that it is identical with Fitzinger's Coryphophylax maximiliani as adopted by Steindachner in his ' Reptiles of the Novara Expedition.' It is an arboreal Lizard common in the Andamans, and more so in the Nicobars. Dr. Stoliczka has examined 100 specimens from the latter locality, and finds them, as already said, to be identical with those from the Andamans. UROMASTIX HARDWICKII, Gray. I quite agree with the remarks which have fallen from Mr. Theobald* regarding the systematic position which had been assigned to the genera Uromastix, Liolepis, and Phrynocephalus before he proposed to group them under one very natural family, the Uro-masticidae. This appears to be a very common Lizard in the dry district of Agra, and also throughout the Punjab and Scind, in all of which localities they are esteemed as an article of food. Mr. Theobald gives some interesting observations on its habits. It is a ground-Lizard, burrowing in sandy soil, and of a very gentle and placid disposition, and herbivorous. He observed that it never left its burrow till the sun was up, and that it grazed in front of it for some hours, and retreated during the intense heat of the midday sun. In the evening they reappear, and finally retire as the dark * Cat. of Reptiles in the Mus. As. Soc. Bengal, 1868, p. 39. |