85 



shaded with lilac; membranes black above, with yellow spots, 

 unspotted below. Lower parts with brown spots; gular sac of 

 male black, of female grey. Length of head and body 80 mm.; 

 tail 145 mm. 



Type-specimens examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Tandjung Laut, Palembang, Indragiri); 

 Natuna Islands; Borneo (Balingeau, Sarawak!, Kuching, BaramI, 

 Lawas in Brunei, Sandakan!). — Malacca. 



A very common species in Borneo and the Malay Peninsula. 



21. Draco taeniopterus Giinther. 



Draco taeniopterus^ Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1861, p. 187; Kepi. 



Brit. Ind. 1864, p. 126, pi. XIII fig. E. 

 Draco taeniopterus^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. I 1885, p. 269. 



Head small, snout as long as the diameter of the orbit; 

 nostril vertical, directed upwards; tympanum naked, smaller 

 than the eye-opening. Head-scales unequal, strongly keeled; 

 six to nine upper labials. Gular sac a little longer than the 

 head, covered with very large scales. Male with a feeble nuchal 

 fold. Dorsal scales equal, faintly keeled, not larger than ven- 

 trals; a lateral series of larger, keeled, widely separated scales. 

 Tail nearly twice the length of head and body. The fore limb 

 extends far beyond the tip of the snout, the hind limb reaches 

 beyond the axilla. 



Greyish or brownish above, with metallic gloss, no distinct 

 spots; membranes with five transverse black bands above, about 

 as broad as the interspaces between them; some of the bands 

 forked at the base and enclosing large light spots, below 

 uniform. Length of head and body 71 mm.; tail 135 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Matang 800 — 900 feet, Sarawak). — 

 Siam; Tenasserim. 



22. Draco obscurus Boulenger. 



Draco obscurus.^ Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (5) XX 1887, p. 95. 



Head small; snout as long as the diameter of the orbit; 

 nostril vertical, directed upwards; tympanum naked, smaller 

 than the eye-opening; eleven upper labials. Gular sac as long 

 as the head, covered with large scales. No nuchal fold or crest. 

 Dorsal scales smooth, equal, not larger than ventrals; a lateral 

 series of widely separated, enlarged, keeled scales. Tail one time 



