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35. VARANUS NEBULOSUS, Gray. 
Varanus nebulosus, Cantor, p. 27; Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. 
p- 66, pl. ix. fig. D; Boul. Cat. Liz. 1. p. 311. 
Cantor obtained one specimen in the hills of Penang ; there are 
in the British Museum three specimens from Malacca from 
Mr. Hervey. 
Hab. Bengal, Burma, Siam, and Malay Peninsula. 
36, VARANUS RUDICOLLIS, Gray. 
Varanus rudicollis, Boul. Cat. Liz. ti. p. 313. 
There is a specimen in the British Museum from Malacca from 
Mr. Hervey. 
Hab. Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Philippines. 
37. VARANUS SALVATOR, Laur. 
Hydrosaurus salvator, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 67, pl. ix. 
fig. E. 
Paria salvator, Cantor, p. 29; Boul. Cat. Liz. ii. p. 314; 
Boul. Fauna Brit. Ind., Rept. p. 166 (head fig. p. 162). 
Cantor says, ‘“‘ This species is very numerous both in hilly and 
marshy localities; Malayan Peninsula and Pinang.” Stoliczka 
found it in the collection he got from Penang and Province 
Wellesley. Dr. Blanford found it in the collection he got from 
Dr. Dennys from Singapore. I saw many of these Lizards on the 
Kedah river in April 1895, and obtained one from Blakan Mati, 
Singapore, in January 1896. The English in India and the Straits 
Settlements call them “Iguana,” and the Malays ‘“ Beyawh.” 
The Chinese prize them highly for the supposed medicinal pro- 
perties of the heart, liver, etc. These Lizards are generally infested 
with ticks, much resembling one of their scales in size and colour. 
A great part of their food seems to consist of the small crabs 
which abound on the mud of the mangrove swamps. In life they 
are very handsomely marked—black and bright yellow. The 
largest specimen obtained I shot in the Gunong Gajah tributary 
of the Kedah river. It was a male—Total length 2362 mm. ; head 
and body 1041; tail 1321; girth behind forearms 470; girth 
round stomach 584. It is now mounted in the Reptile Gallery of 
the British Museum. 
Hab. Nepaul, Ceylon, China, Siam, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula 
and Archipelago, Cape York. 
Family Scrnorp 2. 
38. Mapura NovEMcARINATA, And. 
Mabuia novemcarinata, Boul. Cat. Liz. ii. p. 179. 
This species was discovered by Dr. Anderson in Burma. It 
can now be added to the list of Malayan reptiles, as I caught a 
specimen near “the Crag,” Penang Hill, elevation 2200 ft.,in March 
