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Show 308 MR. F. F. LAIDLAW ON THE [Apr. 2, exceedingly small. The measurements of the female of this pair are :- Length of head 24*5 m m. „ body 58 „ „ tail 230 „ ,, fore limb 40 „ „ hind limb 75 „ Breadth of head 14 „ The female lays two spindle-shaped eggs, which are left uncovered in any shady place. CALOTES VERSICOLOR (Daud.). Calotes versicolor, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. i. p. 321 ; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Kept. p. 135, fig. p. 136 ; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 572. Note by Mr. Annaudale :-" The male of this species dances in a conspicuous position before the female, which remains concealed. H e is then of a pale yellowish flesh-colour, with a conspicuous black smudge on each side of the gular pouch, which is much dilated. He stands with the fore part of the body raised on the fore legs, and bows his head slowly and repeatedly, opening and shutting his mouth continually ; after a time he advances a few steps towards the female and repeats the performance. If disturbed the black marks disappear. The males fight very readily with one another, and change colour as they do so ; the victor becomes of a warm reddish brown. This species is common as far south as Biserat, less so in Raman, and I did not meet with it at all farther south." CALOTES EMMA Gray. Calotes emma, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. i. p. 324, pi. xxv. fig. 1 : id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Kept. p. 137 ; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 641. This species is fairly common at Patalung, but grows rarer towards the south, and probably does not range beyond Patani. LIOLEPIS BELLII (Gray). Liolepis bellii, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. i. p. 403. Liolepis belliana, id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Kept. p. 156. Liolepis bellii, S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 642. Mr. Annandale has given me the following notes concerning this species:-"The commonest species of lizard in the barren stretches of sand which are common in Lower Siam near the sea-coast, on the east side of the Peninsula. It is exceedingly active and very timid. Though its colour is brilliant, the green and grey ' eyes' which ornament its back, and the orange and purple stripes on its side, are not conspicuous amidst its natural surroundings : the former harmonizing with the shadows cast on the sand by the scanty vegetation which it supports ; the latter are more or less concealed by the fold into which the skin that covers the ribs naturally falls. W h e n the male, which is more brilliant than |
