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Fig. 22. — Pectoral arch of Varamis griseus. 



cl. Clavicle. 

 st. Sternum. 



cor. Coracoid. 

 e.cor. Epieoracoid. 



id. luterclavicle. 

 sc. Scapula. 



tSi/nojisis of the Species. 



I. Ventral scales smooth. 



Nostril a little nearer end of snout than orbit .... 

 Nostril much nearer orbit than end of snout .... 



II. Ventral scales teeled. 



Nostril much nearer orbit than end of snout; 



nuchal scales large, not or but slightly keeled . . 

 Nostril much nearer orbit than end of snout ; 



nuchal scales extremely large, strongly keeled . 

 Nostril much nearer end of snout than orbit ; 



uuclial scales small, not larger than dorsals . . 



J'.Jlavescens, p. 76. 

 V. nebulosus, p. 77. 



V. dmnerilii, p. 77. 

 V. mdicollis, p. 78. 

 7'. salvator, p. 78. 



75. Varanus flavescens. 



Mu7iitor flavescens, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix, Syn. p. 25 (1831). 

 Varanus Jianescens, Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xvi, p. 634 



(1847); Giiuth. Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 65, pi. ix, tig. A (1864); 



Bouleng. Cat. Liz. ii, p. 309 (1885) ; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Kept. 



p. 164 (1890). 



Teeth subconical, scarcely compressed, Snout short, convex, a 

 little less than halt" length of head to ear. Nostril elongate, 

 oblique, a little nearer end of snout than orbit. Median series of 

 supraocular scales slightly enlarged transversely. Scales on upper 

 surfaces moderate, oval, keeled. Ventral scales smooth. Tail 

 compressed, keeled above. Olive or yellowish brown above, with 

 irregular darker markings w liich are generally confluent into broad 

 cross-bars ; a blackish temporal streak ; lower parts yellowish, with 

 rather indistinct brown cross-bars, most distinct on the throat. 

 Young dark bi'own above, with yellow spots confluent into cross- 

 bars ; yellow beneath, with dark brown cross-bars. 



