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nearly two times and a half in that between axilla and groin ; 

 digits short, round, with undivided lamellae below. 



Light brown above, with eight to ten dark brown cross 

 bands; flanks and limbs dark brown, spotted with yellow; 

 head-shields edged with brown ; a dark brown median line 

 on the nape ; tail banded. Lower parts brown and yellow. 

 Length of head and body 312 mm.; tail 245 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra 1 ); Java (Buitenzorg, Bantam); Ambon; 

 Ceram; Misol; Ternate!; Halmahera; Kei Islands; Aru Islands; 

 New Guinea (Fak Fak, Jobi, Sorong, Mansinam Adore, Wen- 

 desi!, Lorentz river!, Sepik river, Bongu, Erima, Astrolabe 

 Bay !, Sattelberg, Lialun, Hula, Kapa Kapa, Bara Bara, Haveri, 

 Dinawa, St. Joseph river). Ferguson Island. 



Var. keiensis Oud. 



Tiliqua gigas var. keiensis, Oudemans, in Semon's Zool. Fors. Austr. 1894, p. 135. 

 Tiliqua gigas var. keiensis, Roux, Abh. Senck. Ges. XXXIII 1910, p. 236. 



This form differs from T. gigas in having the fore limb as 

 long as the head or shorter ; its length is contained three or 

 four times in that between axilla and groin; 31 34 scales 

 round the body; usually four large anterior temporals. 



Greyish-brown above, speckled with black, with seven to 

 nine transverse dark brown bands, which are black-spotted ; 

 a median dark line on the nape ; flanks blackish, spotted with 

 light grey. Length of head and body 297 mm. ; tail 280 mm. 



Type-specimen of the variety examined in the Amsterdam 

 Museum. 



Habitat: Kei Islands!. 



2. Mabuia Fitz. 



(FITZINGER, N. Classif. Kept. p. 23, 1826). 



Palatines in contact in the middle ; pterygoids separated, the 

 palatal notch extending anteriorly to a line connecting the 

 centre of the eyes (fig. 670) ; pterygoids without or with small 

 teeth. Eyelids movable, lower eyelid scaly or with a transparent 

 disk ; tympanum distinct, sunk. Nostril in the nasal ; supra- 

 nasals present; frontoparietal present; interparietal single, 

 double or fused with the parietals. Limbs strong, pentadac- 



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



