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and the tip of the snout ; scales enlarged on anterior face of fore 

 limb. Femoral pores seven to sixteen on each side. Tail covered 

 with minute quadrangular keeled scales above and on the sides, with 

 much larger ones inferiorly ; caudal crest very high in the males, 

 with feebly denticulated border, present only on the anterior part 

 of the tail ; length of tail more than twice that of head and body. 

 Olive above, spotted or vermiculated with black ; oblique fold in 

 front of the shoulder black. 



Total length 108 centim. 



Head 7 „ 



Width of head 4-5 „ 



Body 26 „ 



Fore limb 15 „ 



Hind limb 25 „ 



Tail 75 „ 



Philippines ; Java ; Celebes ; Moluccas. 



Leiolepis, Cuv. R. A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 37 ; Wiegm. Herp, Mex. p. 17 ; 

 Dum. ^ Bibr. iv. p. 463 ; Fitzing. Si/st. Rept. p. 86 ; Gray, Cat. 

 p. 262 ; Qiinth. Sept. Brit. Ind. p. 153. 



Tympanum distinct. Body depressed; no crest; scales very 



small. No gular pouch ; a strong transverse gular fold. Tail long, 



round, feebly depressed. Femoral pores. 



South-eastern Asia. 



1. Liolepis bellii. 



Leiolepis belUi, Gray, Cat. p. 262. 

 Leiolepis reevesii, Gray, I. c. p. 263. 

 Uromastyx bellii, Gray, Zool. Joum. iii. 1827, p. 216, and III. Ind, 



Zool. 

 Leiolepis guttatus, Cuv. R. A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 37 ; Gu6r. Icon. R. A., 

 Rept. pi. vii. fig. 2 ; Bum. 8/- Bibr. iv. p. 465, pi. xliii. 



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