1879.] Frogs from the neighbourhood of Ellore and Dumagudem. 111 
the accuracy of the measurement; a foot or two may have been thrown in. 
But I once saw, on the Indus, a very large individual belonging to some 
species of the Trionycide basking on a sandbank. I was ona steamboat, 
and the turtle took refuge in the water before the vessel was sufficiently 
near to enable his dimensions to be accurately estimated, but my impres- 
sion was, that the carapace could not have been much less than 5 feet long, 
and it might well have been more. 
5. Emypa virrata. One specimen was obtained on the 13th March 
in forest, far from water. This individual probably came from a tank that 
had dried up. Other specimens were procured from the Godavari river. 
None exceeded about 5 inches in length, and in all, the odd osseous plate 
in the middle of the sternum was concealed, if present. I did not, however, 
macerate or dissect a specimen, and I have none remaining now to examine. 
CROCODILIA. 
6. Crocopitus sp. I do not know what is the species common in the 
Godavari, as I never had an opportunity of identifying a specimen. It is 
by no means improbable that more than one species occur in the river. 
The Gharial is not found in the Godavari, nor, so far as I know, in 
any of the rivers of the Peninsula further South ; nor is it found in the 
Nerbudda or Tapti. It is common, however, in the Mahanadi of Raipur, 
Sambalpur and Orissa. 
LACERTILIA. 
7. VARANUS LUNATUS. I twice obtained specimens of this monitor, or 
at least of a species which I believe to be V. lunatus,* inthe country north 
of Ellore. The largest, a male, measured 23°5 inches, of which the tail 
from the anus was 145. There were about 110 cross rows of scales from 
the gular fold to the loin. The following is a description of the fresh 
colouration, Above brownish olive, with irregular cross rows of minute 
whitish spots on the back, passing into ill-marked cross bands behind. 
Tail dark near tip, the anterior portion somewhat irregularly spotted with 
dusky. Limbs finely dotted with yellow, the spots on the hind limbs sur- 
rounded with dusky. Lower parts irregularly mottled with yellow and 
pinkish brown. There is a tendency to ocellation on the side behind the 
shoulder. The dark colour of the upper parts passes gradually into the 
paler tints of the lower. Iris yellow, pupil circular. The reversed 
V-shaped dark cross bands, on the neck, supposed to be characteristic of V. 
Zunatus, were not observed. This species is purely terrestrial, so far as my 
observations go, and lives in holes at the roots of trees, and in similar 
places far from water. It is diurnal in its habits. 
* See following paper on Ajmere Reptiles. 
