CLASS REPTILIA. 



surrounded by small granular scales, ventral scales square. 

 Dongola, Senegal. Mus. Ruppel. 



Green Spotted Monitor, Mon, Chlorostigma, nob. 



Black ; head, body, and tail, white spotted ; scales, rather 

 large; toes very unequal, nostrils one-third from the tip. 

 Young, belly whitish, black spotted. Rawack, Mus. Paris. 



Timor Monitor, Mo7i. Timorensis, nob. Tup. virido- 

 maculatus, Daud. 



Like T. Bengalensis, but the scales are larger, especially 

 those of the tail, toes longer, nostrils more than one-fourth 

 from the tip. Timor. Mus. Paris. 



Green Monitor. Mon. Viridis. 



Nostrils medial, scales large, yellow, with large dark spots, 

 Mus. Leyd. 



Elegant Monitor. Mon. Eooanthematica, n. Lac. Ewanthe- 

 mafica, Bosc. t. 5, f. 3. Tup. Cepedianus, Daud. 

 t. 29. Lac. Argus, Daud. from Seba 1 , t. 85. f. 3. Uran 

 Elegans, Mer. 



Nostrils medial, with a black streak from the eye ; head with 

 black edged white spots, throat black spotted, belly black 

 banded. Africa. 



Brown Spotted Monitor. Mon. Bengalensis, n. Tup. Ben- 

 galensis, Daud. Uran Punctatus, Mer. 



Nostrils medial, head black, dotted ; back, black dotted and 

 slightly eyed ; throat black dotted ; scales rather large ; toes 

 short. India. Lac. Draccena, Lin. fron. Seba. 1, t. 101, f. 1, 

 now in Mus. Par. The Tup. Caudivertus, Daud. has the 

 nostrils medial, and is very like this species. 

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