314 VARANIDA, 
11. Varanus salvadorii. 
Monitor salvadorii, Peters § Doria, Ann. Mus, Genov, xiii. 1878, 
p. 337, pl. ii. figs. 1 & 2. 
Teeth acute, compressed. Snout long, rounded and convex at 
the end; canthus rostralis rounded. Nostril long, oblique, close to 
the end of the snout. Tail rounded at the base, feebly compressed 
and keeled above in the rest of its length. Head-scales small, 
largest on the snout and between the orbit ; supraocular scales irre- 
gular. Scales on upper surfaces small, elongate, keeled. Abdominal 
scales strongly keeled. Caudal scales keeled ; caudal keel with a 
very low, doubly-toothed crest. Black above, dotted and spotted 
with yellow, the spots arranged in cross bands on the back; tail 
with irregular yellow transverse bands; lower surfaces yellow, 
marbled and irregularly banded with black. 
centim. centim. 
Total length ...... 165 Fore limb........ 19 
FROG 30515 oayisce Sec lacie 11 Hind limb........ 23°5 
Neck and body .... 39 Tail sacs ese sens 115 
Northern New Guinea. 
12. Varanus salvator. 
Hydrosaurus salvator, Gray, Cat. p. 18. 
Stellio salvator, Law". Syn. Rept. p. 56. 
Tupinambis bivittatus, Kuhl, Beitr. 2. Zool. p. 125. 
Monitor elegans, Gray, Zool. Jowrn. iii. 1828, p. 225. 
Varanus vittatus, Lesson, in Bélany. Voy. Ind. Or., Rept, p. 307. 
Hydrosaurus bivittatus, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 164. 
—— marmoratus, Wiegm. Nova Acta Ac. Leop.-Carol, xvii. 1835, i. 
p. 196, pl. xiv. 
Varanus bivittatus, Dum. § Bibr. iii. p. 487. 
salvator, Cantor, Cat. Mal, Rept. p. 29. 
Monitor bivittatus, Schleg. Abbild. p. 76, pls. xxi. & xxii. figs. 1, 2; 
Miill. & Schleg. Verh. Naturl. Gesch. Nederl, ov. Bexitt., Rept. p. 38. 
Hydrosaurus salvator, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 67, pl. ix. fig. E. 
Teeth acute, compressed. Snout depressed at the tip, long, the 
distance from that point to the anterior corner of the eye being 
generally a little greater than the distance from the latter to the 
anterior border of the ear; canthus rostralis obtuse. Nostril oval, 
at least twice as far from the orbit as from the tip of the snout. 
Digits moderate. Tail strongly compressed, keeled above. Scales 
of head moderate, subequal, larger than those on the temples ; supra- 
ocular region with a series of four to eight large transversely dilated 
scales. Scales on upper surfaces small, oval, keeled; abdominal 
scales keeled, in eighty-five to ninety-five transverse rows. Caudal 
scales keeled ; the caudal ridge with a very low, doubly-toothed crest. 
Dark brown or blackish above, with yellow spots or ocelli; snout 
generally lighter, with transverse black bars, most distinct on the 
