REPTILIA from the Malay Archipelago. 



I. 



SAURIA, CROCODILIDAE, CHELONIA. 



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MAX WEBER. 



With plate XIV. 



The small collection of Reptiles described in the present paper by 

 myself and in a succeeding paper by Dr. Th. W. van Lidth de Jeude, 

 I brought together in Sumatra, Java, Flores, Celebes and Saleyer. 



In the two first-named islands I did not direct much attention to 

 these animals. In Celebes, Flores and Saleyer, however, I collected 

 as many as I could obtain. 



Although the collection is a small one, it may be not without in- 

 terest to give a complete list, as the collection contains some interesting 

 new or rare specimens. 



Dr. v. Lidth de Jeude, who has been kind enough to prepare a 

 list of the Ophidia, has found two new genera and some new species 

 among them, even from places so often investigated as the neigh- 

 bourhood of Padang and Buitenzorg (Java). 



Among the Sauria I rediscovered Lygosoma sandum described by 

 Dumeril and Bibron from one Single, badly preserved specimen from 

 Buitenzorg, in the same place, which is the more curious as 

 Buitenzorg has been so many times visited by naturalists. The 

 occurrence of Lygosoma sanctum in Java is interesting as this Lygo- 

 soma and Lygosoma malayanum from Sumatra are the only repre- 

 sentatives of the group Hinulia , hitherto known from the large Sunda- 

 lslands. 



Of more importance was the investigation of Flores. Although 



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