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The offspring of the rest of recent Lacertilian Bub-Orders must be 
considered actually as a problematic question ; these might have variously 1 
originated in different parts of the Mesozoic age from the common stock 
of the hypothetic Prolacertilia mesozoica. 
V. SYNOPSIS OF THE VARANID SPECIES FOSSIL AND RECENT HITHERTO 
KNOWN . 2 
Euro p e : 
1. f Varanus Cayluxi Filh. 
la. I Varanus cl . ? Cayluxi Filh. (Fejérv. 1918). 
2. f Varanus Hof manni Bog. hom. ine. 
8. *j* Varanus marathonensis Weith. 
a) f Varanus? Lemoinei Nop. hom. ine. Inc. sedis. 
b) f ? Varanus sp. Nopcsa 1908. Inc. sedis. 
Asia & In do - Australian, Archipelago: 
4. f Varanus sivalensis Falc. 
5. *j* Varanus cf.? bengalensis Daud. foss. 
5 a. Varanus bengalensis Daud. ree. 
6. Varanus griseus Daud. 
7. Varanus flavescens Gray 
8. Varanus nebulosus Gray 
9. Varanus Grayi Blgr. 
10. Varanus Dumérili Schleg. 
11. Varanus heteroyholis Blgr. 
12. Varanus rudicollis Gray 
18. Varanus salvator Laur. 
14. Varanus nuchalis Günth. 
15. Varanus Salvadorii Ptrs. & Doria 
16. Varanus Cumingi Mart. 
17. Varanus togianus Ptrs. 
18. Varanus komodoensis Ouw. 
19. Varanus kalabeck Lesson 
20. Varanus indicus Daud. 
21. Varanus Gouldi Gray 
22. Varanus prasinus (Müll.) Schleg. 
28. Varanus hordensis Meyer 
24. Varanus timorensis Gray 
1 I. e. directly or indirectly. 
2 Synopsis oi recent forms after Boulenger (Catal. 1888) and Zool. Record 1888 — 
1913 and Arch. f. Naturg. 1888—1914. 
