110 LIZARDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



sides of neck strongly reticulated with brown; a distinct inter- 

 orbital spot and a prominent nuchal spot of brown with a 

 minute white spot on its anterior border ; brown lines radiating 

 from eyes; wing membranes dull orange, densely spotted with 

 squarish brown spots arranged in rows; spots confluent and 

 darker on outer border; a few dark spots beneath wings, and 

 small spots on belly; gular appendage in male bluish, on tip 

 purplish, at base not or but slightly reticulated with darker ; in 

 female throat greenish gray. 



Measurements of Draco volans Linnasus, male and female. 



Total len^h 



Tail 



Snout to vent 



Snout to foreleg 



Axilla to groin 



Width of head 



Length of head 



Gular appendage 



Foreleg 



Hind leg 



^ Numbers refer to E. H. T. collection. 



Variation. — Judging by the descriptions of this species given 

 by Giinther, Cantor, and Stoliczka the markings and colorations 

 in the species vary greatly. Five specimens from Palawan agree 

 very well with each other in markings. Five specimens in the 

 Santo Tomas Museum agree remarkably well with this descrip- 

 tion; in color and markings they are nearly identical and are 

 probably from Palawan. 



This is probably the best-known species of Draco; it occurs 

 from the Malay Peninsula throughout the Malay Archipelago 

 and Palawan. I believe it has not been discovered in other is- 

 lands of the Philippine group. 



DRACO RETICULATUS Gunther 



Draco reticulatus Gunther, Rept. Brit. India (1864) 125; Peters and 

 DORIA, Ann. Mus. Genova 13 (1878) 374; Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. 

 Mus. 1 (1885) 257, pi. 20, fig. 1 (head) ; Proc. Zool. Soc. London 

 (1897) 206; Werner, Mitt. Natur. Mus. Hamburg (1910) 20. 



Description of species. — (From Boulenger.) "Head small; 

 snout as long as the diameter of the orbit; nostril directed 

 outwards and slightly upwards ; tympanum naked, smaller than 

 the eye-opening. Upper head-scales very unequal, keeled; a 



[o. 394 ? ^ 



No. 395 S 



mm. 



mm. 



212 



195 



132 



M14 



80 



81 



25 



25 • 



45 



44 



11 



10 



16 



14.7 



4.5 



15 



34 



34 



39 



36.5 



^ Tip missing. 



