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54. Draco fimbriatus. 



Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. p. 101 (1820); Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 123 

 (1864); Bouleiig. Cat. Liz. i, p. 265 (1885); id. Fascic. Malay., 

 Zool. i, p. 151 (1903) ; id. Journ. Fed. Mai. St. Mus. iii, p. 64 (1908). 



Draco abbreviatus, Gray, Zool. Journ. iii, p. 219 (1828). 



Draco grandis, E. Bartlett, Crocod. Liz. Borneo, p. 83 (1895), 



Head large ; snout slightly longer than diameter of orbit ; 

 nostril lateral, directed outwards and slightly upwards; tympanum 

 naked. Upper head-scales very small, keeled ; a more or less 

 distinct A-shaped series of enlarged scales on forehead ; a conical 

 tubercle at posterior coxmer of orbit ; 10 to 13 upper labials. 

 Gular appendage of male longer than head ; female also with 

 a well -developed, but shorter appendage. Male with a small 

 nuchal crest. Dorsal scales smaller than ventrals, smooth or 

 very feebly keeled; a lateral series of small subcorneal distant 

 scales. Pore limb extending beyond tip of snout, hind limb 

 reaching axil or nearly so far. A small caudal crest. Greyish 

 above, marbled with reddish brown, with a few equidistant angular 

 transverse darlv markings, the anterior of which encloses a black 

 interorbital spot ; wiiig-membranes above dark brown with lighter 

 lines, inferiorly dirty grey, immaculate or with a few scattered 

 black spots; throat bluish, with a more or less marked dark 

 network enclosing white spots ; gular appendage red or salmon 

 pink. 



From snout to vent 108 millim. ; tail 165. 



Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Natuna Islands, Borneo, Java. 



A scarce species in the Malay Peninsula, usually found in 

 lowland jungle, and not beyond" 3000 feet altitude. I have 

 examined specimens from Perak, Selangor, and Pahang. 



55. Draco punctatns. 



Boulentr. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vi, p. 189 (1900) ; id. Fascic. 

 MalaV, Zool. i, p. 151, pi. x, tig. 1 (1903). 

 Head rather large ; snout as long as diameter of orbit ; nostril 

 lateral, directed outwards ; tympanum naked. Upper head-scales 

 small, unequal, keeled ; a A-shaped series of enlarged scales on 

 the forehead; two conical, triangular, or spine-like tubercles 

 on posterior part of supraciliary border; 10 or 11 feebly keeled 

 upper labials. Male's gular appendage a little shorter than or 

 hardly as long as head. Male with a very distinct nuchal crest. 

 Dorsal scales unequal, feebly keeled, not larger than ventrals ; a 

 lateral series of enlarged, distant scales. Pore limb extending 

 a little beyond tip of snout, hind limb reaching axil or not quite 

 so far. I'ail with a strong crest of long pointed scales. Greyish 

 above, tinged with rusty on the crown and on the middle line of 

 the back ;" back, and head above and beneath, with large black 

 dots ; four large dark blotches may form a cross betweeii the 

 shoulders ; wing-membranes black above, streaked with whitish, 



