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in the Dong Rek Mountains. It does not differ in colouration from 

 the adult. 



13. LlOLEPIS BELLIANA, Gvaj. 



Eight examples. Koh Chang and Klong Yai, S. E. Siam ; Ok 

 Yam, Franco-Siamese Boundar}^ on Coast. 



This well-known and beautiful ground-li/ard was common ever}'- 

 where in open country where grass and sand}^ soil would permit it 

 to burrow. Such being the surroundings of most villages, it was 

 brought in numbers by small bo3^s for trifling rewards. 



These lizards are much sought after by the countrj^ people as 

 an article of diet, and are caught usually by means of a cleverly 

 constructed spring noose placed across tiie entrance of the bur-. 

 row they inhabit. They are also hunted for by gangs of youths, who 

 beat up their haunts with sticks, killing them if possible as they dash 

 away, or, if they succeeded in reaching their lioles, digging them out 

 and then despatching them. 



These creatures must be very fertile, as in spite of constant perse- 

 cution, their numbers never seem to diminish. 



14. Varanus nebulosus. Gray. 



Mocqnard, Les Eeptiles de I'lndo-Chinc. p. 33 (1D07). 



A young example from Koh Chang. Total length 590 mm. Top 

 and sides of head as far as the ej^es still retaining the juvenile red- 

 dish yellow colouration, but no traces of black chevrons on the nape. 

 Common in Siam in ever-green jungle. 



This lizard, like the preceding one, is also hunted for the sake of 



its flesh. 



15. Mabuia macularia, Blyth. 



Twenty examples from Koh Kut and five from Ok Yam and 

 Klong Yai, S. E. Siam. 



Head and shoulders rust}' brown ; rest of upper surface, limbs 

 and tail, earthy ; upper labials and spots on sides, yellow ; chin, throat, 

 chest and sides of neck, red. 



The largest specimen measures: — Snout to vent 67, tail 110 

 mm. The series from the mainland has 28-32 scales round the body, 

 that from Koh Kut, 30-34. 



IG. Mabuia multifasciata, Kuhl. 



Laidlaw, P.Z.S., 1901, part 1, p. 310 ; Mocqnard, Les Reptiles de 

 I'lndo-Chine, p. 38 (1907). 



