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Show 636 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [May 16, 2. There are three equal-sized enlarged shields over the first three upper shields. 3. The ear-opening is not subcircular, but a triangular long slit with the apex pointing downwards. 4. No enlarged tubercles on the back. 5. The o* has 38 pores in all, 10 praeanal arranged in a chevron, and 14 femoral on each side, with an interval of 8 ordinary scales separating them. Boulenger describes P. homalocephalum as having " an angular series of about 25 praeanal pores." 6. The ground-colour is reddish brown throughout, several broad distinct black cross-bands on the back and tail. Hab. Malay Peninsula and some islands of the Archipelago. Family AGAMIDCE. 49. DRACO VOLANS L. Draco volans, Cantor, p. 38; Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. p. 256., S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 868. " Chichak terbang " or " Kubin " of the Malays (apud Cantor). The common Flying Lizard is known from Kedah, Penang, Province Wellesley, the Dindings, Malacca, and Singapore. Size. Two males caught in Penang in 1898 measured:- Total length 199 mm. (snt. to vnt. 80 ; tail 119). „ „ 235 mm. ( „ „ 78; „ 127). Hab. Malay Peninsula (extending into Lower Siam), Sumatra, Nias, Sipora (Mentawei Islands), Java, Borneo. 50. DRACO MACULATUS Cantor. Draco maculatus, Cantor, p. 39 ; Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. p. 262. Draco haasii, Boettger, Zool. Anz. 1893, p. 429. The Spotted Flying Lizard was obtained by Cantor in the hills of Penang, and by M. Mouhot in Pachebone and Cambodia. D. haasii was founded on two lizards obtained by the late Dr. Erich Haase on the trunks of trees near the Phrachadee of Kau Sabap, Chantaboon, Siam. The type specimen is now in the Frankfort Museum, and the second in the British Museum. Mr. Boulenger writes that he does " not consider it to be specifically distinct from D. maculatus." Hab. Assam, Burma, Siam, Cambodia, Pulo Condore, Malav Peninsula. 51. DRACO FIMBRIATUS Kuhl. Draco fimbriatus, Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. p. 265. Only two specimens are recorded from the Straits Settlements (vide P. Z. S. 1896, p. 870). Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. |