404 



AQAMID^. 



Uromastyx reevesii, Ch'ay, Ch-iff. A. K. ix., Syn. p. 62. 



Liolepis bellii, Cantor, Cat. Mai. Rept. p. 41 ; Ounth. Itept. Brit. 



Jnd. p. 164 ; Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p, 240 ; Sanders, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 154. 

 Leiolepis reevesii, Theoh. Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 1868, p. 34. 



Head rather small ; snout with strongly curved profile, as long 

 as or little longer than the diameter of the orbit ; nostril large, 

 directed backwards ; tympanum large, vertically oval ; upper head- 

 scales small and strongly keeled on the snout and interorbital 

 region, minute and granular on the supraorbital region and the 

 occiput ; no occipital. Gular scales small, granular ; a series of 

 chin-shields on each side, parallel with the infralabials, the first 

 shield in contact with the pentagonal mental and the first infra- 

 labial. Side of neck plicate ; a more or less distinct fold along the 

 side of the body. Dorsal scales minute, granular, feebly keeled, 

 uniform ; ventral scales larger, subimbricate, smooth. Limbs 

 rather long, with long slender digits and long claws ; the adpressed 

 hind limb reaches the neck or the tympanum ; fourteen to twenty-one 

 femoral pores on each side. Tail about twice as long as head and 

 body, round, depressed at the base, tapering to a fine point, covered 

 with small, equal, keeled scales, largest inferiorly. Grey, brownish 

 or blackish above, with whitish black-edged spots which may form 

 ocelli or be confluent into longitudinal bands ; sides with black and 

 white (orange) vertical bars ; lower surfaces white (orange), uniform 

 or variegated with black (or blue). 



• Total length 500 millim. 



Head 35 „ 



Width of head 28 „ 



Body 135 „ 



Fore limb 58 „ 



Hind limb 103 „ 



Tail 330 „ 



Southern China ; Siam ; Arracan ; Birma ; Malay peninsula ; 

 Southern India. 



a. (S . China. J. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of L. reevesii.) 



b-c. cJ. China. 



d-e. (5" . Hainan. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



f-g. $ . Mergui. Prof. Oldham [P.]. 



h^i. cJ. Camboja. M. Mouhot [C.]. 



k. S- Tavoy. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



I. ? . Birma. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



m-n, 0. (S Z. Penang. ' Dr. Caator. 



p. (S . Penang. Capt. Stafford [P,l 



q. Hgr. S. Canara. Col. Beddome [C.J. 



