4 SWED. ZOOL. EXI\ TO SIAM, EINAR LÖNNBERG. 2. L1ZARDS. 



3. Hemidactylus platyurus Schneid. 



1 fine specimen from Koh Lak, Siamese Malacca, Nov. 1914. 

 Caught in a house. 



4. Gecko verticillatus Laur. 



5 specimens from the Korat plateau, Eastern Siarn, 1912. 5 large specimens 

 from the neighbourhood of Bangkok, 1914—1915. A smaller specimen from Doi Par 

 Sakeng, near Muang Fång, Northwestern Siarn, caught in June 1914, has the width 

 of the head (16 mm.) not quite twice as great as the distance from the end of the 

 snout to the orbit (9 mm.). This together with a more pronounced annulation of 

 the tail with regard to the colouration is a juvenile characteristic shared with a 

 specimen of corresponding size from the Korat plateau. 



Very common in the forests as well as in the houses. 



According to Count Gyldenstolpe the natives connect several superstitious 

 beliefs with this lizard. 



So for instance if its cry is heard less than seven times it is a bad omen, but 

 if it is heard seven times it is a good omen. 1 When the Gecko emits a certain 

 sound which, however, Gyldenstolpe did not have the opportunity of observing, the 

 natives said that the lizard suffered from too big liver», and called for help from 

 a small green tree-snake which en tering the mouth of the lizard used to help it by 

 eating off a piece of liver. — This belief has probably its origin in the fact that the 

 Gecko sometimes swallows small tree-snakes, although it falls a victim to the larger 

 ones in spite of its fierce struggle. 



5. Draco maculatus Gray. 



1 specimen from Den Chai, Northern Siarn, March 1911. 



»In the drv forests, rather common in the northern parts of the country. It 

 is difficult to detect these lizards as their colour agrees with that of the bark of 

 the trees. As a rule they sat on the tree trunks 1 */■ (2) m. above the ground, seldom 

 hi^her, but if they were disturhed they crawled up on the stem. When the Draco 

 suddenly leaves the tree and glides through the air one gets the impression of some 

 big insect. In each flight they covercd a distance of about 10 in. sinking about 

 1 m. They always alighted on another trunk, never in the grass. » (G.) 



(i. Draco blanfordii Blgr. 



3 specimens from Siam (M. Smith coll.). 



The wing-membranes are mottled with scarlet as well abowe as beneath on the 

 posterior portion. 



wr.n s. Floweb bas in lii- valuable paper on Reptiles of the Malaj Peninsula and Siarns recorded 

 leveral änch populär beliefs about the Toka] . 



