16. CALOTES. 321 



7. Calotes versicolor. 



Calotes versicolor, Qray, Cat. p. 243. 

 Agama versicolor, Daud. Rept. iii. p. 395, pi. xliv. ; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. 

 Vergl. Anat. p. 114. 



tiedemanni, Kuhl, I. c. p. 109. 



vultuosa, Harl. Journ. Ac. Philad. iv. 1825, p. 296, pi. xix. 



Calotes tiedemanni, Kaup, Ids, 1827, p. 612, pi. viii. 



Agama indica, Gray, Zool. Journ. iii. 1828, p. 217. 



Calotes versicolor, Fitz. N. Class. Rept. p. 49 ; Dum. ^ Bibr. iv. p. 405 ; 



Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeifl. p. 170 ; Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc. Bang. 



xxii. 1853, p. 470; Blyth,ihid. p. 649; Giinih. Rept. Brit. Ind. 



p. 140; A^iders. Proc. 'Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 381; Blanf. E. Persia, 



p. 313 ; Anders. Zool. Yunnan, p. 805. 



cristatus, Jacquemont, Voy. dans VInde, Rept. pi. ii. 



? Calotes viridis, Gray, Ann. i^ Mag. N. H. xviii, 1846, p. 429. 



Upper head-scales rather large, smooth or feebly keeled, imbricate, 

 more or less enlarged on supraorbital region ; two well-separated 

 spines (seldom absent or scarcely distinct) on each side of the back of 

 the head, above the ear ; tympanum half, or less than half, the diameter 

 of theortJit. Gular pouch not developed ; gular scales smoother feebly 

 keeled, as large as or larger than ventrals, largest and mucronate in 

 the adult male. No oblique fold in front of the shoulder. Dorso- 

 nuchal crest well developed in the male, composed of lanceolate spines 

 gradually decreasing in size towards the posterior part of the back. 

 Thirty-five to forty-seven scales round the middle of the body ; dorsal 

 scales more or less distinctly keeled, larger than ventrals, all directed 

 upwards and backwards ; ventral scales strongly keeled. The ad- 

 pressed hind limb reaches the temple or the eye ; fourth finger a 

 little longer than third. Tail round. Light brownish or yellowish 

 (in spirit), uniform or with dark transverse bands or spots, or dark 

 olive-brown with light spots or longitudinal lines ; belly sometimes 

 with dark longitudinal lines. 



Total length 405 millim. 



Head 34 „ 



Width of head 28 „ 



Body 86 „ 



Fore limb 62 „ 



Hind limb 90 „ 



Tail 285 „ 



Ceylon, India, eastwards to Tenasserim, Cochin China, and Southern 

 China, westwards to Afghanistan and Baluchistan. 



a,h. S 2- Ceylon. 



c-d. S 9- • Ceylon. R. Templeton, Esq. [P.]. 



e-h, i. S > h?!"-. & vg. Ceylon. Messrs. v. Schlagintweit 



[C.]. 

 k. Yg. Ceylon. W. H. Holdsworth, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 l-m. Yg. India. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 



w-o, j3. cf , ? , & hgr. India. W. Masters, Esq. [P.J. 



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