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Genus Calotes, Cuvier. 

 Calotes versicolor, Daudin. 



Jpama versicolor, Dsiudin, Hist. 'Re])t., Yo], Hi, 1810, p. 395, pi. xliv ; Kuh.1., Beitr. Zool., 1820, 

 p. 114; Merrem, Syst. Amph., 1820, p. 51. 



Agama vuUuosa, Harlan, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad., vol. iv, 1825, p. 296, pi. xix. 



Agama indica, Gray, Zool. Journ., vol. iii, 1828, p. 217. 



Calotes tiedema7mi, Gray, Eept. Griffith-'s An. Kingd., vol. ix, 1831, p. 55. 



Calotes versicolor, Dum. & Bibr., Erpet. Genl., vol. iv, 1837, p. 405 ; Gray, Cat. Lizards, B. M., 1845, 

 p. 243 ; Kelaart, Prod. Fauna Zeylan., 1852, p. 170; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xxii, 

 1852, p. 170 ; Jerdon, I. c, p. 470 ; Gunther, Kept. Brit. Ind., 1864, p. 140 ; Steind., Reise der 

 Trig. Novara, Kept., 1867, p. 27; Theobald, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, 1868, vol. xxxvii, p. 35; 

 Journ. Lin. Soc, vol. x, 1868, p. 33; id., Deser., Cat. Kept. Brit. Ind., 1876, p. 109; Ander- 

 son, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1872, p. 381 ; W. T. Blanford, Zool., Persia, 1876, p. 313. 



Calotes- cristatm, Jacquemont, Voy. dans Flnde, Atlas, Rept. pi. ii, 1844. 



Calotes viridis, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1846, vol. xviii, p. 429. 



This common tree-lizard is prevalent at Mandalay and Ehamo, but I did not 

 observe it in the hills to the east of the latter locality, where its place appears to be 

 taken by C. ermna, but at Mandalay it is associated with C. mystaceus. One speci- 

 men from the last-mentioned locality had a bright yellow broad band from the 

 snout passing backwards to the shoulder, involving the cheeks, lower lips, one-half 

 of the eye and the tympanum ; and behind and in a line with it a series of bright, 

 rusty-red spots at regular intervals, the scales of the intervening spaces being 

 whitish. In another, the pale lateral band was carried along the sides, contracting 

 at regular intervals to a mere line, with the rusty spots in the centres of the dilata- 

 tions. In these respects the colouration approaches to C. maria and C. jerdoni, but 

 it is not peculiar to Burmese individuals, because I have observed it, but in a more 

 modified degree, in Indian examples of the species. 



This species appears to be generally distributed over Burma, for it has now been 

 observed at Bhamo, Mandalay, Pegu, and also in Tenasserim ; it has likewise been 

 recorded from China. Its western range is not so well ascertained, but Blanford 

 records it from Biliichistan. It appears to be generally spread over the greater 

 part of India from the Himalaya to Ceylon, and it is found in these mountains up 

 to elevations of 10,000 feet. 



Calotes mystaceus, Dum. & Bib. 



Calotes m/ystaceus, Jyum. & Bib., Erpet. Genl., vol. iv, 1837, p. 408; Gray, Cat. Lizards, B. M., 

 1845, p. 245; Dumeril, Cat. Method. Kept., 1851, p. 87; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, 

 1852, vol. xxi, p. 754; id., op. cit., 1853, vol. xxii, p. 647; Giintber, Rept. Brit. Ind., 1864, 

 p. 141; Steindacbner, Reise Frig. Novara, Rept., 1867, p. 28; Theobald, Journ. Linn. Soc, 

 vol. X, 1868, p. 33; id., Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 1868, ex. No. p. 36, {pars); 

 id., Descr., Cat. Rept., Brit. Ind., 1876, p. 106; Stoliczka, op. cit., vol. xxxix, 1870, p. 138 ; 

 Anderson, op. cit., vol. xl, 1871, p. 32. 



