58 AGAMIDJE. 



in Wellesley Province, near Malacca, and at Singapore. Has 

 also been found in Kedah, the Bindings, and on Penang; in fact, 

 nearly all over the low-lying countrv. Specially abundant in 

 coconut plantations on the islands near the East Coast of the 

 Peninsula. 



Capt. Flower has made the following observations on the habits 

 of this Draco: — "These lizards Xvhen at rest on the trunk of a 

 tree, usually in a vertical position, are almost invisible, owing to 

 their dark mottled-brown colour, but when darting through 

 the air overhead they I'esemble a flashing blue gem, owing to the 

 bright colours of the underneath of the ' wings.' They are very 

 active and nimble, spreading their parachute as they leap from 

 any point, and alighting gently on all fours along it as they reach 

 the ground. They can apparently direct their flight exactly. I 

 have seen one slide through the air (with its wings quite steady) 

 for a distance of about 20 yards, and then settle on the trunk 

 of a tree." " Some of the females contained four rich-yellow- 

 coloured leathery-skinned eggs about 5 by 4 millim." Mr. Laidlaw 

 found only two or three eggs. Males appear to be more 

 numerous than females. 



53. Draco maculatus. 



Dracunciilus maculdtus, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 236 (184o). 



Draco maculatus, Cantor, Jouri). Asiatic Soc. Bengal, xvi, p. 645 



(1847); Giinth. Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 125, pi. xiii, fig. C (1864); 



Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 262 (1885) ; id. Faun. Brit. lud., Rept. 



p. 112 (1890). 

 Draco haasei, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1893, p. 424, 



Head small; snout a little longer than diameter of orbit; 

 nostril lateral, directed outwards; tympanum scaly. L^pper head- 

 scales unequal, strongly keeled : a compressed prominent scale on 

 posterior part of supraciliary edge; 7 to 11 upper labials. Gular 

 appendage of male very large, always much longer than, and 

 frequently twice as long as head ; female also with a well- 

 developed but smaller appendage. Male \\\t\\ a very small nuchal 

 crest. Dorsal scales little larger than ventrals, irregular, smooth 

 or very feebly keeled ; a lateral series of large trihedral keeled 

 distant scales. Fore limb extending beyond tip of snout; hind 

 limb reaching a little beyond elbow of adpressed fore limb, or 

 axilla. No caudal crest. Greyish above, with more or less 

 distinct darker markings ; a more or less distinct dark iuterorbital 

 spot; wing-membranes above with numerous small round black 

 spots, which are seldom confluent, beneath immaculate or with 

 a few black spots ; a blue spot on each side of base of gular 

 appendage. 



From snout to vent 82 millim.; tail 115. 



From Assam, Yunnan, and Tonkin, to Siam and Tenasserim ; 

 Penang ; Singapore. 



