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Show 1899.] REPTILES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA AND SIAM. 639 61. ACANTHOSAURA CORONATA Gfinth. Acanthosaura coronata, Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. p. 303. Only known from the type specimens collected by M. Mouhot in Chantaboon, now in the British Museum. Hab. Siam. 62. CALOTES CRISTATELLUS (Kuhl). Bronchochela cristatella, Cantor, p. 30. Calotes cristatellus, Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. p. 316; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 871. " Gruning " of the Malays of the Peninsula (apud Cantor). tt a i ^ " ] T n e s e are the Malay names I have heard " P V h " i aPPued ^° ^is Lizard, and also to Calotes J versicolor. Localities. Of this fine lizard, commonly called " Chameleon " by the English in the Straits Settlements, I have seen specimens from Penang (up to 2200 feet), Perak, Selangor, and Singapore; wherever it occurs it seems to be fairly numerous. Dr. Hanitsch records it also from Kemaman (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1879, p. 9). Description. There may be as many as 121 scales round the middle of the body. Colour. To my previous account of the changes of colour of this species (P. Z. S. 1896, p. 871) may be added :- 1st. Iris, in different individuals, may be rich bright carmine-red, hazel-brown, or dark brown. 2nd. In one phase of colour the head, nuchal crest, body, limbs, and anterior portion of tail are bright grass-brown, with six indistinct dark green transverse bands on the body, and tbe posterior portion of tail dark brown. Hab. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Nias, Sipora (Mentawei Islands), Java, Borneo, Celebes, Philippines, Ceram, Mysol, Timor Laut. N.B.-CALOTES SMARAGDINUS (Giinth.). Calotes smaragdinus, Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. p. 319. This lizard is known from Cambodia, where the types were obtained by M. Mouhot, so it may possibly also occur in Siam. Hab. Cambodia. 63. CALOTES MICROLEPIS Blgr. Calotes microlepis, Blgr. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) v. 1887, p. 476, pl. vi. fig. 1. Of this species, which has not before been recorded from Siam, I obtained one specimen from Chantaboon. Hab. Tenasserim, Siam. 64. CALOTES VERSICOLOR (Daud.). Calotes versicolor, Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. p. 321; Blgr. Fauna Brit. Ind., Rept. p. 135, fig. p. 136; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 872. Siamese. " King-kar." |