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to six transversely enlarged scales on the supraocular region. 

 Nuchal scales larger than in the preceding species. Body 

 covered with small, oval, keeled scales. Ventral scales smooth, 

 in 90 — 1 10 transverse series. Tail strongly compressed, not 

 quite one time and two thirds the length of head and body, 

 covered with keeled scales; a very low, doubly toothed crest 

 above. Limbs strong; digits long. 



Olive-brown or black above, dotted with yellow. Lower 

 parts uniformly yellow. Young specimens have large yellow 

 spots or ocelli; a black reticulation below. Length of head 

 and body 530 mm.; tail 820 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra^); Celebes; Timor Laut; Aru Islands; 

 Kei Islands!; Goram; Ceram; Ambon!; Buru; Batjan; Ternate; 

 Halmahera!; Salibabu Islands!; Gebe; Waigeu!; Rawak Island 

 N. off Waigeu; New Guinea (Pulu Faor, Ron, Jobi, Mafoor, Yule, 

 Sorong, Dorei, Passim, Rubi, Humboldt Bay!, Lake Sentani!, 

 Mawes!, Wendesi!, Sermowai river!, Mouth of the Tami, Ger- 

 mania Bay, Mimika river, Stekwa river, Lorentz river!, Bogadjim, 

 Stephansort, Bongu, Astrolabe Bay, Bukaua, Aroma, Bara 

 Bara, Gerekanumu, Fife Bay, Thaitoro Bay); Schouten Islands 

 (Mysore). — Ferguson Island; Trobiand Island; Admiralty 

 Islands; Bismarck Archipelago; Solomon Islands; Islands of 

 Torres Straits; Cape York; Caroline, Marian and Marshall Islands. 



10. Varanus gouldi (Gray). 



Hydroumrus gouldii^ Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist. I 1838, p. 394. 

 Varanus gouldii^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. II 1885, p. 320. 



Snout long, tip depressed; the distance from the tip to the 

 eye equals that between the anterior border of the eye and 

 the ear anteriorly; canthus rostralis sharp; nostril round, nearer 

 the tip of the snout than the orbit; teeth sharp, compressed. 

 Head-scales very small, subequal; no series of enlarged scales 

 on the supraocular region. Body covered above with small, 

 oval, keeled scales. Ventral scales smooth, in 125 — 140 trans- 

 verse series. Tail compressed, about one time and one third the 

 length of head and body, covered with keeled scales; a very 

 low, doubly toothed crest above. Limbs strong; digits moderate. 



Brown above, with round yellow spots or ocelli on back, 



1) Werner, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. XXVIII 1910, p. 286. 



