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Show 862 MR. S. S. FLOWrER ON THE REPTILES AND [Dec. 1, from the Perak river in the Taiping Museum. 1 have heard of third specimen from Perak aud also of its beiug found in Pahang. Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 2. CROCODILUS POROSUS, Schn. Crocodilus porosus, Cantor, p. 16 ; Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. Crocodilus pondicerlanus, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 62, pl. Crocodilus porosus, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 284. Cantor says this species is exceedingly numerous in the Malay Peninsula, Penang, and Singapore. Stoliczka (J. A. S. B. 1873, p. 113) found it in the collection begot from Penang aud Province Wellesley. There are several stuffed specimens and a large skull of this species in the Raffles Museum ; one shot by Mr. Owen at Serangoon, Singapore, measures 4-7 metres in total length. In April 1895 I saw many Crocodiles of this species on the Kedah river, between Kuala Kedah and Kota Star, when lying up on the mud-banks under the trees ; their markings and vivid yellow and black colouring render them hard to see in the chequered light coming through the foliage. I have also seen this species on the Pandan river, Singapore. It is probably found in every suitable locality in Malaya. Hab. India, Ceylon, Burma, Siam, Southern China, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, New Guinea, North Australia, Solomon and Fiji Islands. 3. CROCODILUS PALUSTRIS, Less. Crocodilus vulgarus, Cantor, p. 15. Crocodilus palustris, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 61, pl. vii. fig. A ; Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 285 ; id. Fauna Ind., Rept. p. 5 (skull fig. p. 2). Cantor says that this species is numerous at Penang and on the coast of the Peninsula, but appears to be less so than Crocodilus porosus. There is a young specimen from Singapore in the British Museum. Hab. India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Order SQUA1YLATA. Suborder LACERTILIA. Family GECKONID^E. 1. GYMNODACTYLUS AFFINIS, Stol. Cyrtoclactylus affinis, Stol. J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 167. Gymnodactylus affinis, Boul. Cat. Liz. i. p. 42. Stoliczka says, " The only specimen I caught between the bark of a large tree near the top of tbe Government bungalow on Penang hill; " he subsequently found it in the collection he got from Penang and Province Wellesley (J. A. S. B. 1873, p. 113). Hab. Malay Peninsula. |
