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12. Calotes jcrdonii, Gunth. 



Boulenger, Fauna, p. 137. 



Common in the Khasi Hills; Col. Godwin- Austen obtained 

 specimens in the Dafla Hills to the west of the Abor country , in 

 which Mr. Kemp collected it at Komsing, Yembung and Balek. 

 Both his specimens and Col. Godwin-Austen's are quite typical. 



Fam ANGUIDAB. 

 13 Ophisaurus gracilis (Gray). 



Boulenger, Fauna, p. 159, fig. 47. 



A common species in the H. Himalayas at altitudes of between 

 4,000 and 5,000 ft,; it also occurs in the Khasi Hills, in Upper 

 Burma and Yunnan and probably in the hills of Pegu. 



A number of individuals of different ages were taken in the 

 neighbourhood of Upper Rotung and Upper Renging (2,000 — 

 2,150 ft.) by the 32nd Pioneers while road-making. The large 

 specimens have the back of a bright brick-red with very con- 

 spicuous blue cross-bars ; on the tail the red fades to dull brown. 

 The young are white with two blue-black stripes down each side 

 and a somewhat indistinct and broken mid-dorsal stripe of the 

 same colour ; the latter is crossed at intervals by transverse rows 

 of very small black spots, and there are rather larger black spots 

 scattered on the lips and snout. 



Fam. VARANIDAE. 

 14. Varanus bengalensis (Daud.). 



All over India and Ceylon except at high altitudes ; also in 

 Upper Burma. 



A skin was obtained at Kobo by Col. (now Brigadier-General) 

 D. C. F. Macintyre and presented by him to the Indian Museum. 



Fam. LACERTIDAE. 



15. Tachydromus sexlineatus, Daud. 



Boulenger, Fauna, -g. 169; Fasciculi Malayenses, i, p. 158; 

 Annandale, J.A.S.B., 1905, p. 140. 



This lizard is widely distributed in the damper parts of the 

 Oriental Region. It is not found in Peninsular India. 



A specimen was taken at Janakmukh (alt. 600 ft.) under the 

 bark of a tree in December. It was probably hibernating, as the 

 species is usually found among long grass. 



