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Show 874 MR. S. S. FLOWER ON THE REPTILES AND [Dec. 1, 1896. The colour of the upper parts was bronze, a black band along each side, and the belly pale green. Total length 205 ram. (H.B. 92, tail 113). Hab. Burma, Malay Peninsula. 39. MABUIA MULTIFASCIATA, Kuhl. Euprepes rufescens, Cantor, p. 46. Tiliqua carinata, part., Stol. J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 169. Maboula multifasciata, Boul. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 186. Cantor says it is " exceedingly numerous in the hills and valleys of the Malayan countries. Peninsula, Pinang, and Singapore." Stoliczka found it common at Penang and on the coast of Province Wellesley. This species is very common about Georgetown, Penang, especially when the sun comes out after heavy rain, large numbers are to be seen in the grass and on the stone edges of the surface drains, enjoying the warmth and showing off their brilliant metallic colours. 1 obtained several specimens at Singapore, but did not see it in the same abundance as at Penang. They vary a good deal in colour, but the most usual variety has the upper parts uniform olive-brown or bronze, and the lower parts pale greenish-yellow, with on either side a broad red stripe starting from above and behind the tympanum, and continuing either halfway down the body or to the hip ; this stripe is highly iridescent, and changes to gold, orange, crimson, and green as the light plays on the living animal. Tbe largest specimen obtained (from Singapore) was 314 mm. in total length (H.B. Ill, tail 203). Hab. Eastern Himalayas, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 40. LYGOSOMA ANOMALOPUS, Blgr. Lygosoma anomalopus, Boul. P. Z. S. 1890, p. 84, pl. xi. fig. 4. There are two specimens in the British Museum from Dr. J. G. Fischer from Penang. Hab. Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 41. LYGOSOMA OLIVACEUM, Gray. Euprepls ernestll, Cantor, p. 47. Lygosoma olivaceum, Boul. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 251. Cantor mentions this species from the Peninsula and Penang. Stoliczka found it in the collection he got from Penang and Province Wellesley. The young of this species is very brightly coloured, as mentioned by Cantor (p. 48) and by Stoliczka (J. A. S. B. 1873, p. 118). Although the general scheme of marking is the same, individuals apparently vary, so, to compare with the above accounts, I give the colours of a specimen caught by Mr. Ridley in a coconut tree at Galang, Singapore, last April. The length of head and |
