FAUNA OF THE KARNUL CAVES. 
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woodcut fig. 10, and presents no characters by which it can be distinguished from 
the corresponding bone of full-sized individuals of the existing form. 
Eig. 10. Varanus dracccna. The right maxilla (A), and a dorsal vertebra from the anterior 
(B) and posterior (C) aspects ; from the Cathedral cave. Indian Museum (No. F. 334). 
Vertebra . — In the same woodcut is represented a dorsal vertebra from bed Ca 
in the Cathedral cave agreeing in relative size with the maxilla ; other specimens 
indicate somewhat larger individuals, which may have been as much as five feet in 
length. 
Shvalik species . — In order to exhibit the enormous size attained by the Siwalik 
representative of the genus ( V. sivalensis ) an imperfect dorsal vertebra 1 from the 
Siwalik Hills is represented in woodcut fig. 11. The length of the centrum is 0-8 
Fig. 11. Yaranu s sivalensis, Falconer. A dorsal vertebra ; from the posterior and ventral aspects ; from 
the pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. J. British Museum (No. R. 739). 
inch. An imperfect cervical vertebra in the same collection (No. R. 740) indicates 
a still larger individual. 
Python molurus (Linn.) 
Vertebrce . — Several dorsal vertebrae 
Fig. 12. Python molurus. A dorsal vertebra viewed 
from the posterior (A) and ventral (B) aspects ; from 
the Cathedral cave (bed Cb). {. Indian Museum 
(No. F. 336). 
indistinguishable from those of the existing 
form have been obtained from beds Cb, Cc, 
and Cd of the Cathedral. All these speci- 
mens (of which one is figured in the 
accompanying woodcut) belong to small 
individuals ranging from about seven to 
ten feet in length. The species has been 
provisionally recorded from the Siwaliks 
This and the next specimen were brought to light after the description of the humerus was ’published in vol. III. 
p. 236 of the present work. 
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