146 LIZARDS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



Description of type. — (From Boulenger.) "Snout pointed, 

 depressed at the end, slightly shorter than the distance from the 

 anterior corner of the eye to the anterior border of the ear; 

 canthus rostralis distinct. Nostril oblique, equally distant from 

 the orbit and the end of the snout. Digits long. Tail strongly 

 compressed, keeled above. Scales of head moderate, larger than 

 those on the temples, those between the orbits largest ; no trans- 

 versely dilated supraocular scales. The nine anterior rows of 

 nuchal scales nearly as large as the head-scales, as broad as long, 

 smooth; the following become gradually smaller and elongate; 

 dorsal scales small, oval, strongly keeled. Scales on upper face of 

 limbs strongly keeled. Abdominal scales keeled, in a hundred 

 transverse rows. Caudal scales keeled; the caudal keel with a 

 very low, doubly-toothed crest. Greenish anteriorly, with broad 

 blackish bands across the upper face of the neck and back, these 

 bands darkest at their borders; hinder part of back, tail and 

 hind limbs olive-brown, dotted with greenish; a few blackish 

 spots on the upper surface of the head, and a blackish temporal 

 streak commencing from the eye." 



Measurements of Varanus grayi Boulenger. 



mm. 



Total len^h 546 



Head length 46 



Neck 50 



Body length 130 



Foreleg 79 



Hind leg 105 



Tail 320 



Remarks. — The type, in the British Museum, was collected 

 by H. Cuming in 1836~-1840 and has no more exact locality than 

 'Thilippines.'' No other specimen has been recorded. 



VARANUS RUDICOLLIS (Gray) 



Uaranus rudicollis Gray, Cat. Liz. (1845) 10. 



Varanus rudicollis Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit Mus. 2 (1885) 313. 



Description of species. — (From Boulenger.) ''Teeth acute, 

 compressed. Snout pointed, very long, considerably longer than 

 the distance from the anterior corner of the eye and the ear; 

 canthus rostralis swollen. Nostril an oblique slit, its distance 

 from the tip of the snout twice and a half that from the orbit. 

 Digits elongate. Tail compressed, keeled above. Scales of 

 head moderate, subequal; supraocular scales with a posterior 

 central series of three to six transversely dilated scales. Scales 



