1853.] Catalogue of Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. 471 



is * * # # . This is somewhat remarkable and I should 

 doubt if it was the same species. Are the changes mentioned here 

 observed in Calcutta ? # 



This and the other species of Calotes are essentially tree lizards, 

 seeking their prey often on the ground, but always retreating up 

 trees when in danger. 



Length of one specimen 18 inches, of which the tail is 12. 

 Calotes nemoricola, nov. spec. 



One detached spine in front of 2 or 3 small ones on each side of 

 the nape. A fold of skin on the shoulder, scales of the sides very 

 large, not keeled, those of the abdomen much smaller, keeled. 

 Dorsal crest extending only about one-third along the back ; colour 

 green. 



I only procured one specimen of this lizard near the foot of the 

 Coonoor ghat of the Nilgherries. Compared with versicolor, the large 

 smooth scales are the most prominent feature of distinction. The 

 scales at the base of the tail above are of rather large size, keeled 

 and pointed. The tympanum is large : where the dorsal crest termi- 

 nates, the scales of the ridge are pointed. 



Length of my specimen 18 inches, of which the tail is 8. 

 Calotes eotjxi — Dum. and Bibr. 



An oblique fold in front of each shoulder. Scales of the sides 

 small, nearly as large as those of the abdomen. Base of the tail 

 above furnished with much larger scales, somewhat angular. Colour 

 pale brown with darker bands. 



I have lately procured from the forests of Malabar a species of 

 lizard, which appears to correspond with the description of G. Bouxi 

 from the Burmese country. I found it more abundant than else- 

 where in a small wooded island known as Pigeon I., about 20 miles 



* I never saw any yellow in a Bengal specimen ; and some which Dr. Kelaart sent 

 me alive from Ceylon were perfectly identical with the Bengal reptile. It is chiefly 

 during the months of May and June that the species here displays its fine colours ; 

 which generally are — head and neck, and more or less of the fore-part of the body, 

 bright red ; rest of body and limbs dark greenish-brown ; and a great black patch 

 on the shoulder. The female is smaller, and deposits her 8 to 16 eg«s very com- 

 monly in a flower-pot, burrowing 4 or 5 in. into the hard dry soil, and finally 

 covering them up most carefully, so that no appearance remains of the ground 

 having been disturbed. The young appear in about 8 or 9 weeks. I have 

 seen a two-thirds grown lizard of this species carry oil' and partly swallow a Scolo- 

 pendra nearly of its own length. — Cur. As. Soc. 



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