44 A LIST OF THE REPTILES OF BORNEO 



mens, I have written short notes correcting the errors. No 

 attempt at field notes has been made. 



In a list, of such local interest as this, it is necessary that 

 more detailed localities be quoted than merely Borneo or 

 Sarawak — though these are quoted when no other can be given 

 — and some attention has been paid to this point ; on the other 

 hand I have not considered it worth while to give a long list of 

 the localities in which such common species as Geomyda spinosa, 

 Gecko monarchy.^ Coluber melanurus, etc., etc., may be obtained, 

 but have contented myself with remarking that the species is 

 widely distributed throughout the island. For the benefit of those 

 unfamiliar with the geography of Borneo, the following details of 

 the position of the localities quoted below may be useful : — 



Sarawak River, Samarahan R., Sadong R., Batang Lupar R., 

 Saiibas R., Baram R., Limbang R., Trusan R., are main rivers of 

 Sarawak taken in order as one proceeds N. E. Kuching (the capital 

 of Sarawak), Paku, Bau, Busau, Braang, Pankalan Ampat are on 

 the Sarawak river or its tributaries, the two latter are near the 

 foot of Mt. Penrissen. Ma tang is a mountain 7 miles distant from 

 Kuching; Santubong is a mountain at the mouth of the Sarawak 

 river, a village of the same name lying at its foot. Buntal is 

 near the mouth of the same river. Simanggang is on the Batang 

 Lupar R. Sibu, Kapit and Belaga are government stations on the 

 Rejang River. Oya is on the sea-coast between the Rejang and 

 Baram. Nian is at the mouth of the Baram ; Dulit, Batu Song and 

 the Pamabo range, mountains in its head-waters. The Padas river 

 is in the territory of British N. Borneo, it debouches on the N. 

 coast. Mt. Kina Balu,Bandjermassin. Koti, Labuan and Sandakan 

 may be found on any map of Borneo. Telang, Sinkawang, Barabei 

 and Tanjong are in S. W. Borneo (Dutch), Sintang is near Pontia- 

 nak. Sebroeang is an affluent of the Kapuas, N E. of Sintang. 



Of the 87 genera enumerated here, 6 are peculiar to Borneo, 

 viz. — 



Chelo/uaus, Brookeia. 

 Lizards, Lanthanotus. 

 Snakes, Hydrablabes, 

 Lepturophis, 

 . v - Oreocalamus, 



Idiopholis. 



