DRACO 129 



keeled scales; tympanum hidden by small scales; fifteen supra- 

 labials; mental large, nearly as wide as rostral, triangular; a 

 nuchal fold, but no median series of enlarged scales; upper 

 surface of body covered with small, keeled scales, largest on the 

 middle portion of the back, becoming gradually smaller on the 

 sides toward the parachute, the larger about the same size as 

 the ventrals ; a few dorsolateral enlarged scales barely indicated ; 

 the gular appendage broadly triangular, with posterior outline 

 nearly straight, slightly longer than the head, the scales elongate, 

 somewhat increasing in length toward the tip, where they almost 

 reach the size of the ventrals ; lateral neck fans very large, with 

 rounded outline, the peripheral scales large and elongate above; 

 forelegs long and slender, the wrist extending to the tip of the 

 snout ; extended hind leg reaches to the shoulder ; posterior edge 

 of tibia and femur strongly serrate, with a group of three large 

 scales at the upper end near the body; tail nearly twice as long 

 as head and body together." 



Colo7^ in alcohol. — ''Above dull grayish brown, almost sepia, 

 with pale rounded spots ; on the back about five transverse series 

 of whitish round spots alternating with four transverse series 

 of larger, more conspicuous spots consisting of a median nearly 

 lozenge-shaped spot with a large circular spot on each side ; upper 

 side of parachute slightly paler than the back and somewhat 

 more reddish especially posteriorly, with numerous longitudinal 

 whitish lines narrow and of uneven width, like very elongate 

 beads on fine threads; underside whitish; throat brownish gray 

 with indistinct paler spots; gular appendage pale yellow, with 

 a fine dusky line on each scale on the anterior margin; no spots 

 on underside of parachute; limbs and tail above cross barred, 

 dark grayish brown and whitish in strong contrast." 



Measurements of Draco raindanensis Stejneger. 



mm. 



Total length 261 



Tip of snout to vent 90 



Vent to tip of tail 171 



Width of head 13 



Foreleg 45 



Hind leg 55 



Tip of snout to posterior end of jaws 19 



Gular appendage 18 



Remarks. — Stejneger remarks that the present species is re- 

 lated to Draco quinquefasciatus and Draco maximus but that it 

 differs from both in many characteristics. It is founded on two 

 male specimens in the United States National Museum, Nos. 



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