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TAHAN EXPEDITION. 



Greyish-olive above, with four oblique, blackish bars on each side: 

 eyelids black ; a black l>;ir from the eye to the ear: an oblique Mack 

 bar in front of the shoulder: whitish beneath. 



Total length 472 mm. 



Head 40 „ 



Width of head 25 



Bodv 112 „ 



Fore-limb 79 



Hind-limb 127 „ 



Tail 320 „ 



A single male specimen from Gunong Talmn. 5.200 ft. 



A very remarkable form, unlike anything previously described. 



;^Tbis Lizard was found sitting on a low tree trunk in a narrow 

 gtilly on the side of the final peak of Gunong Tahan and made no 

 effort to escape when seized, though it bit viciously. As I have noted 

 elsewhere (Fascic. Mala;/. Zool. I. (1), p. 30 (1903) ), the adult 

 members of species of this genus are curiously sluggish, and since the 

 original note was made, I have been able to confirm the observation 

 on all the known Peninsular species — viz., G. grandis, herveyi and 

 bonteentts and the present one. — H. C. R.] 



S. CALOTES CRISTATE LLES, Kim.. 

 Kuala Tembeling, 200 ft. 



[Common in orchards and on the river banks, this species is rare in 

 jungle country, but it is worthy of note that specimens, when so found, 

 are much above the average size of the species. — H. C. R. n 



9. CALOTES MICROLEPIS, Bio;. 

 ( j anong Tahau, 6,500- 7,2a") ft. 



Originally described from Tenasserim ; has been rediscovered in 

 Siain by Capt. Flower. 



Together with a small Black Shrew, a Warbler (Suya waterstradti), 

 the Endemic Bullfinch (Pi/rrhtrfa waterstradti) and a Hill Tit (Siva 

 malayana I -this was one of the highest ranging vertebrates on dunong 

 Tahan. The two specimens obtained were caught, in the one case 

 basking on a rock and in the other among low vegetation, and were 

 much less active than is usual with members of the genus. 



The species has not hitherto beeu recorded from the Peninsula. — 

 H. C. K 



in. VARANUS XEBELOSES, Gray. 

 Kuala Tembeling, 200 ft. 



Common on the river banks, often growing to a very large size. — ■ 

 H. C, R.] 



11. VA RANI'S SALVATORj Lawb. 



Kuala Teku, 500 ft 



[Shot, swimming in the river.— H. C. R.] 



VI. MABUIA MELT! FA SCI ATA, Kiiir.. 

 Kuala Teku, 500 ft. 



