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to six transversely enlarged scales on the supraocular region. 

 Nuchal scales larger than in the preceding species. Body 

 covered with small, oval, keeled scales. Ventral scales smooth, 

 in 90 no transverse series. Tail strongly compressed, not 

 quite one time and two thirds the length of head and body, 

 covered with keeled scales; a very low, doubly toothed crest 

 above. Limbs strong; digits long. 



Olive-brown or black above, dotted with yellow. Lower 

 parts uniformly yellow. Young specimens have large yellow 

 spots or ocelli; a black reticulation below. Length of head 

 and body 530 mm.; tail 820 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra 1 ); Celebes; Timor Laut; Aru Islands; 

 Kei Islands!; Goram; Ceram; Ambon!; Buru; Batjan; Ternate; 

 Halmahera!; Salibabu Islands!; Gebe; Waigeu!; Rawak Island 

 N. off Waigeu;. New Guinea (Pulu Faor, Ron, Jobi, Mafoor, Yule, 

 Sorong, Dorei, Passim, Rubi, Humboldt Bay!, Lake Sentani!, 

 Mawes!, Wendesi!, Sermowai river!, Mouth of the Tami, Ger- 

 mania Bay, Mimika river, Stekwa river, Lorentz river!, Bogadjim, 

 Stephansort, Bongu, Astrolabe Bay, Bukaua, Aroma, Bara 

 Bara, Gerekanumu, Fife Bay, Thaitoro Bay); Schouten Islands 

 (Mysore). Ferguson Island; Trobiand Island; Admiralty 

 Islands; Bismarck Archipelago; Solomon Islands; Islands of 

 Torres Straits; Cape York; Caroline, Marian and Marshall Islands. 



10. Varanus gouldi (Gray). 



Hydrosaufus gotildii, Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist. I 1838, p. 394. 

 Varanus gouldii^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. II 1885, p. 320. 



Snout long, tip depressed; the distance from the tip to the 

 eye equals that between the anterior border of the eye and 

 the ear anteriorly; canthus rostralis sharp; nostril round, nearer 

 the tip of the snout than the orbit; teeth sharp, compressed. 

 Head-scales very small, subequal; no series of enlarged scales 

 on the supraocular region. Body covered above with small, 

 oval, keeled scales. Ventral scales smooth, in 125 140 trans- 

 verse series. Tail compressed, about one time and one third the 

 length of head and body, covered with keeled scales; a very 

 low, doubly toothed crest above. Limbs strong; digits moderate. 



Brown above, with round yellow spots or ocelli on back, 



i) Werner, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. XXVIII 1910, p. 286. 



