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nearly two times and a half in that between axilla and groin; 

 digits short, round, with undivided lamellae below. 



Light brown above, with eight to ten dark brown cross 

 bands; flanks and limbs dark brown, spotted with yellow; 

 head-shields edged with brown ; a dark brown median line 

 on the nape; tail banded. Lower parts brown and yellow. 

 Length of head and body 312 mm.; tail 245 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra'); Java (Buitenzorg, Bantam); Ambon; 

 Ceram; Misol; Ternate!; Halmahera; Kei Islands; Aru Islands; 

 New Guinea (Fak Fak, Jobi, Sorong, Mansinam Adore, Wen- 

 desi!, Lorentz river!, Sepik river, Bongu, Erima, Astrolabe 

 Bay !, Sattelberg, Lialun, Hula, Kapa Kapa, Bara Bara, Haveri, 

 Dinawa, St. Joseph river). — Ferguson Island. 



Var. keiensis Oud. 



Tiliqua gigas var. keiensis^ Oudemans, in Semon's Zool. Fors. Austr. 1894, p. 135. 

 Tiliqua gigas var. keiensis^ Roux, Abh. Senck. Ges. XXXllI 19 10, p. 236. 



This form differs from T. gigas in having the fore limb as 

 long as the head or shorter; its length is contained three or 

 four times in that between axilla and groin; 31 — 34 scales 

 round the body; usually four large anterior temporals. 



Greyish-brown above, speckled with black, with seven to 

 nine transverse dark brown bands, which are black-spotted ; 

 a median dark line on the nape ; flanks blackish, spotted with 

 light grey. Length of head and body 297 mm. ; tail 280 mm. 



Type-specimen of the variety examined in the Amsterdam 

 Museum. 



Habitat: Kei Islands!. 



2. Mabuia Fitz. 



(FiTZiNGER, N. Classif. Rept. p. 23, 1826). 



Palatines in contact in the middle; pterygoids separated, the 

 palatal notch extending anteriorly to a line connecting the 

 centre of the eyes (fig. 6ja) ; pterygoids without or with small 

 teeth. Eyelids movable, lower eyelid scaly or with a transparent 

 disk ; tympanum distinct, sunk. Nostril in the nasal ; supra- 

 nasals present; frontoparietal present; interparietal single, 

 double or fused with the parietals. Limbs strong, pentadac- 



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



