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 19- Draco haematopogon Gray. 



Draco haematopogon^ Gray, Griff. Anim. Kingd. IX Syn. 1831, p. 59. 

 Draco haematopogon^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. I 1885, p. 267 (s. syn.). 



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, keeled; nine to 

 thirteen upper labials. Gular sac one and one third time the 

 length of the head. No nuchal fold or crest. Dorsal scales equal, 

 smooth, not larger than the ventrals; a lateral series of widely 

 .separated, enlarged, keeled scales. Tail twice the length of 

 head and body. The fore limb extends with the whole hand 

 beyond the tip of the snout, the hind limb reaches the axilla. 



Greenish or greyish above, with metallic lustre and darker 

 transverse bands; snout brown; membranes brick-red above 

 with black spots, unspotted below. Lower parts greenish ; throat 

 red, dotted with brown and with a large black spot on each 

 side of the gular sac, which is yellow in males. Length of 

 head and body 91 mm.; tail 18 r mm. 



Habitat: Mentawei Islands (Sipora); Sumatra (Battak High- 

 lands 800 — 1000 M., Padang! 1500 — 3000 feet. Deli!, Tandjung 

 Laut in Palembang); Borneo (Sarawak, Kuching, Penrissen Hills, 

 Bloe on Upper Mahakkam river!); Java (Parang!, Sukabumi!, 

 Tengger Mts. 1200 M.). 



20. Draco melanopogon Boulenger. 



Draco mclanopogoti., Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Ill 1887, p. 492. 



Draco nigriappeiidiculattis^ Bartlett, Crocod. Liz. Borneo 1895, p. 82. 



Head small; snout shorter than the diameter of the orbit; 

 nostril vertical, directed upwards; tympanum naked. Head- 

 scales very small, subequal on the snout, keeled; eleven to 

 fifteen keeled upper labials. Gular sac one time and a half or 

 one time and three fourths the length of the head, covered with 

 moderate scales. No nuchal fold or crest. Dorsal scales equal, 

 smooth or feebly keeled, a little smaller than ventrals, with 

 a lateral series of widely separated larger, keeled scales. Tail 

 one time and three fourths the length of head and body. The 

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

 limb reaches the axilla or not quite so far. 



Brown above, marbled with dark or with irregular dark 

 transverse bands; sides of ne<:k, shoulders and hind limbs 



