TAR ANUS. 



of minute granules; ventral scales squarish, arranged in transverse 

 series. Femoral and prsenanal pores usually absent. 



Inhabit Africa, Southern Asia, Papuasia, and Australia. Five^ 

 species in the Malay Peninsula. 



Malay name, Biawalc. 



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Fig. 21. — Sknll of Varanus cjrhcu>'. 



