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or feebly keeled, equal, not larger than ventrals; a lateral 

 series of widely separated, larger scales on the posterior part 

 of the body. Tail twice as long as head and body, without 

 a crest. The fore limb extends a good deal beyond the tip 

 of the snout, the hind limb reaches the elbow or a little beyond. 



Reddish-brown above, spotted with dark brown; membranes 

 red above with light longitudinal lines along the base and 

 with five curved black transverse bands as broad as the 

 interspaces, below with three or four black bands, somewhat 

 narrower; sometimes the dark bands are continued across the 

 back. Lower parts brownish ; a black band behind the gular 

 sac; throat bluish, spotted with brown. Length of head and 

 body 105 mm.; tail 160 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Deli, Indragiri); Singkep; Borneo 

 (Labuan, Kuching, Akar river, Kidi district, Balingeau, Sarawak, 

 Mt. Dulit, Paitau, Bloe!, Upper Mahakkam river!, Samarinda!). — 

 Malacca; Penang; Butang Islands. 



17. Draco cryptotis Despax. 



Draco cryptotis^ Despax, Bull. Mus. d'hist. Natur. No. 4 191 2, p. 5. 



Head more long than broad; snout short, obtuse, a little longer 

 than the diameter of the orbit; nostril vertical, directed 

 upwards; tympanum scaly. Head-scales small, juxtaposed, 

 slightly keeled; a X-shaped series of larger scales on the 

 snout; scales of the supraorbital border enlarged, compressed, 

 the anterior largest and preceded by a few pyramidical scales 

 of the canthus rostralis; a small tubercle at the posterior 

 corner of the orbit, a stronger conical one on each side of 

 the neck, with a smaller but distinct one below and behind 

 it; fourteen upper labials. Gular sac shorter than the head, 

 covered with small scales, larger towards the point. Dorsal 

 scales small, smooth, equal; on each side of the body four 

 groups of large scales, the first above the shoulders, the 

 second near the axilla, the third at the middle of the body, 

 the fourth much before the insertion of the hind limbs; the 

 posterior scales the largest; ventral scales a little larger than 

 dorsals, keeled. Tail one time and two thirds the length of head 

 and body. The fore limb extends beyond the tip of the snout 

 with the whole length of the fingers, the hind limb reaches 

 the shoulder or a little farther. 



