1899.] REPTILES or THE MALAY PENINSULA AND SIAM. 643 



Eab. Southern India, Burma, Southern China, Siam, Cambodia, 

 Malay Peninsula. 



N.B. — Cantor adds to his account of L. bellii : " There seems to 

 be reason to believe that Leiolejns reevesii, Gray, inhabiting 'China' 

 and Arracan, is also found on the Malayan Peninsula." 



L. reevesii is now included as a synonym of L. bellii, vide British 

 Museum Catalogue Liz. i. p. 403. 



Family Vaeanid^. 



69. Yaeanus flatescens (Gray). 

 Varanus Jlavescens, Blgr. Cat. Liz. ii. p. 309. 



One specimen recorded from Penang (Cantor, p. 28). 

 Hah. Northern India, Burma, Malay Peninsula. 



70. Vaeanus nebulosus (Gray). 

 Varanus nehulosus, Blgr. Cat. Liz. ii. p. 311. 



Eecorded from Penang HUls (Cantor, p. 27), ICalacca (Blgr. Cat. 

 Liz. iii. p. 505), and Siugapore (Hanitsch, Eep. iiaffles Libr. & 

 Museum, 1897, p. 9). 



I received a specimen from Petcbaburee, Siam ; it measured, snout 

 to vent about 255 mm., the tail was broken. The native who 

 obtained it said its Siamese name was " takoat." 



Hab. Bengal, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula. 



71. "VAEAJifus ETJDicoLLis Gray. 



Varanus rudicollis, Blgr. Cat. Liz. ii. p. 313. 

 Eecorded from Malacca (Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 505). 

 Hab. Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Philippines. 



72. Vaeanus saltatoe (Laur.). 



HydrosauTus salvator, Giinth. Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 67, pi. ix. 

 fig. E. 



Varanus salvator, Cantor, p. 29 ; Blgr. Cat. Liz. ii. p. 314 ; 

 Blgr. Fauna Brit. Ind., Eept. p. 166 (head fig. p. 162) ; S. Flower, 

 P. Z. S. 1896, p. 873. 



Siamese. " Hee-air." 



" Beyawak " of the Malays (apud Cantor). 

 " Bey-wah " of the Malays, as commonly pronounced. 

 " Iguana " of the English in India, Siam, and the Straits 

 Settlements. 



This gi'eat Water-Lizard is very numerous in suitable localities 

 throughout the Malay Peninsula and Siam. Cantor records it 

 from Penang. I have met it in Kedah, Perak, Singapore, on the 

 Menam river (Bangkok and Ayuthia), and on the Bangpakoug 

 river (Patriew, Pachim, and Harttachang). It is recorded from 

 Pahang (H. J. Kelsall, J. S. B. E. A. S. 1894, p. 34, and 

 E. Hanitsch, Eep.Eaffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 9) ; and there are 



