402 AGAMID^. 



q. Ad., stuffed. Port Essington. J. Gould, Esq. [0.]. 



r. IlKr., stuffed. Australia. Allan Cunniugham, Esq. [P.]. 



s. Ad., skeleton. Australia. Haslar Collection. 



26. LOPHURA. 



Lophura, Gray, Phil. Mag. ii. 1827, p. 56; Wagl. Syst. Amph. 



p. 151 ; Wiegm. Herp. Mex. p. 14 ; Mtzing. Syst. Rept. p. 49 ; 



Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 247. 

 Istiurus, Cttv. R. A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 41. 

 Hydrosaurus, Kaxvp, Isis, 1828, p. 1147. 

 Istiurus. part., Dum. 8r Bibr. iv. p. 376. 



Tympanum distinct. Body compressed. A dorsal crest. Throat 

 longitudinally plicate ; a transverse gular fold. Toes covered 

 inferiorly with small granular scales, with a lateral fringe of large 

 united scales most developed on the outer side. Tail strongly com- 

 pressed, in the adult with a very high crest supported by the 

 enormously developed spinose processes of the caudal vertebrae. 

 Femoral pores present. 



East Indies. 



1. Lophura amboinensis. 



Lophura amboinensis. Gray, Cat. p. 247. 

 Lophura shawii, Gray, I. c. 

 Lacerta amboinensis, Sr.hlosser, Epist. ; Hornst. Ahh. Acad. Stockh. vi. 



1785, p. 130, pi. V. fig. 1. 

 Iguana amboinensis, Latr. Rept. i. p. 271. 

 Basiliscus amboinensis, Daiid. Rept. iii. p. 322. 



Lophura amboinensis, Gray, Phil. Mag. ii. p. 56 ; Wagl. Icon. Amph. 

 pi. xxviii. ; GUnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 168 ; Peters Sr Doria, 



Ann. Mm. Gen. xiii. 1878, p. 383. 

 Hydrosaurus amboinensis, Kaiip, Isis, 1828, p. 1147. 

 Istiurus amboinensis, Cuv. R. A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 41 ; Dam. ^ Bibr. iv. 



p. 380 ; Duvern. R. A., Rept. pi. xv. fig. 1. 

 Histiurus pustulosua, E^chsch. Zool. Atlas, pi. vii. ; Lichtenst. Nomencl. 



Rept. Mm. Berol. p 10. 

 Lophura pustulosa, Eit%. Syst. Rept. p. 49. 

 Istiurus microlophus, Bleek. Natuurk. Tijdsehr. Ned. Ind. xxii. 



1860, p. 80. 

 Lophura celebensis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 581. 



Head rather small ; snout elongate, with a small longitudinal 

 crest of enlarged scales in the male ; tympanum large ; upper head- 

 scales small, strongly keeled. Gular scales small, granular, of 

 unequal size ; a row of enlarged shields on each side, parallel with 

 the infralabials, commencing from the very large mental. Dorsal 

 and nuchal crests continuous, composed of compressed lanceolate 

 spines. Dorsal scales small, imbricate, keeled, the keels directed 

 upwards and backwards, intermixed with scattered, enlarged, 

 roundish, shortly keeled scales, varying considerably in size. 

 Ventral scales larger than dorsals, subquadrangular, smooth, forming 

 transverse series ; enlarged scales on the sides of the chest. Limbs 

 long ; the adpressed hind limb reaches the eye or between the latter 



