REPTILES FROM TIMOR. 119 



NOTE VI. 



REPTILES FROM TIMOR AND THE NEIGH- 

 BOURING ISLANDS. 



BY 



Dr Th. W. VAN LIDTH DE JEUDE. 



The study of the fauna of the Timor group is one of 

 the most interesting subjects of zoogeography, the islands 

 of this group having their own peculiar inhabitants be- 

 sides a great many species which they have in common 

 with Java and still other species that are strictly Austra- 

 lian forms. Wallace already in his „Malay Archipelago" 

 drew attention to this fact , and stated that with regard 

 to the birds 47 species ought to be regarded as being 

 derived from Java, whilst 48 species originated from Au- 

 stralia, With regard to the Papilionidae Wallace men- 

 tions 4 species peculiar to Timor, 3 also found in Java 

 and one Australian form. 



Every contribution to our knowledge of this interesting 

 fauna can claim the attention of all zoologists concerned 

 in zoogeography, and I feel quite happy in being enabled 

 to give a list of reptiles, collected at the islands of the 

 Timor group by Dr. H. ten Kate , who afterwards kindly 

 presented them to the Leyden Museum. 



Though the collection is not a very large one , it is a 

 very valuable one as it contains 19 species, and as habitats 

 such as the island of Soemba , the island of Groot Bastaard 

 (N. of Flores) and the island of Adoenara (E. of Flores) 

 are seldom represented in zoological collections. 



Notes from ttie Leyden Museum, "Vol. XVI. 



