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



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



Malay Peninsula. 



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

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

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



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

 Museum Catalogue Liz. i. p. 403. 



Pamily Vabanid^. 



69. Varanus elayescens (G-ray). 

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



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

 Hah. Northern India, Burma, Malay Peninsula. 



70. Vasanus nebulosus (Gray). 

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



Recorded from Penang Hills (Cantor, p. 27), Malacca (Blgr. Cat. 

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

 Museum, 1897, p. 9). 



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

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

 obtained it said its Siamese name was " takoat." 



Hah. Bengal, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula. 



71. "Vaeanus eudicollis Gray. 



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

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

 Hah, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Philippines. 



72. Yaeanits salvator (Laur.). 



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

 fig. E. 



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

 Blgr. Pauna Brit. Ind,, Eept. p. 166 (head fig. p. 162) ; S. Plower, 

 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 great 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 Bangpakong 

 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.Eaiffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 9); and there are 



