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like scales along each side at the base of the wing-membrane; 

 ventral scales keeled. Tail one time and a half the length of head 

 and body. The hind limb reaches halfway between the wrist 

 and the elbow; along the inner side of the tibia and femur a 

 yellowish serration, formed by a series of enlarged, flat, triang- 

 ular scales. 



Light greyish-brown above, with metallic spots, which are 

 more numerous at the base of the membranes, where each 

 spot covers a single scale, and along the ribs; forehead dark 

 brown; membranes dark orange above, with irregular black 

 bands, below whitish, barred with brown or black. Lower 

 parts light grey; neck and throat speckled with dark brown; 

 at the base of the gular sac a number of blackish spots. Length 

 of head and body 68 mm.; tail 109 mm. (After Barbour, not 

 seen by me). 



Habitat: Borneo (Sarawak). 



5. Draco timorensis Kuhl. 



Draco timorensis, Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. u. Vergl. Anat. 1820, p. 103. 

 Draco timorensis, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. I 1885, p. 261 (s. syn.). 



Head moderate; snout longer than the diameter of the orbit; 

 nostril lateral, directed outwards; tympanum naked, as large as 

 the eye-opening. Head-scales very unequal, large, keeled; a 

 larger median series on the snout, other large scales on the 

 supraocular region and on each side of the neck; a small 

 tubercle at the posterior corner of the orbit ; nine upper labials 

 (8 or 10), last twice as large as the preceding one. Gular sac shorter 

 than the head. A distinct nuchal crest. Dorsal scales smooth, 

 larger than the ventrals; on each side of the vertebral line a 

 series of large, keeled scales, the keels forming continuous 

 lines and separated from each other by one or two rows of 

 small smooth scales; a lateral series of large, keeled, widely 

 separated scales. Tail one time and two thirds the length of head 

 and body. The fore limb extends beyond the tip of the snout, 

 the hind limb reaches the elbow or halfway between the elbow 

 and the axilla. 



Greyish-brown above, with metallic gloss and irregular dark 

 spots; membranes brown above, darkest along the margin, 

 with lighter longitudinal lines, below brownish or with a few 

 black spots. Lower parts olive or grey; throat and sides of 



