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of the orbit; nostril large, directed backwards; tympanum 

 large, oval. Head-scales small, strongly keeled ; those on the 

 supraorbital region and the occiput granular. On each side a 

 series of chin-shields, parallel with the lower labials; gular 

 scales granular; sides of neck plicate. Body depressed, with a 

 fold along each side ; the skin of the flanks expansible. Dorsal 

 scales small, granular, keeled ; ventrals larger, smooth. Tail 

 about twice as long as head and body, round, with a depressed 

 base, covered with small, equal, keeled scales, the inferior 



Fig. 60. Liolepis belliana (Gray). 



largest. Limbs long, the hind limb reaches the neck or the 

 tympanum; digits long and slender, with long claws. Fourteen 

 to twenty-one femoral pores on each side. 



Grey, olive, brown or blackish above, with yellow black- 

 edged spots, sometimes confluent into longitudinal bands or 

 forming ocelli ; flanks with dark and orange vertical bars. 

 Lower parts yellow or greyish, uniform or variegated with 

 dark or blue. Young specimens black above, with five yellow 

 lines, the median forked on the nape; tail red. Length of 

 head and body 170 mm.; tail 330 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra!; Banka!. — Malacca; Burma; Siam ; 

 S. China; S. India. 



This lizard lives in pairs in burrows; when angry or frightened 

 it expands its flanks. The Leyden Museum is in possession 

 of two specimens, one from Sumatra, the other from the island 

 of Banka ; both places are new localities for this species. The 

 fact, that they are found there, is not very astonishing, as 

 they are recorded from the southern part of the Malay 

 Peninsula, near Sumatra as well as Banka. 



