On a collection of lizards from the Malay peninsula, made by members of the 'Skeat expedition', 1899-1900 / by F.F. Laidlaw.
- Frank Fortescue Laidlaw
- Date:
- 1901
Licence: In copyright
Credit: On a collection of lizards from the Malay peninsula, made by members of the 'Skeat expedition', 1899-1900 / by F.F. Laidlaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![Brit. Ind., Rept. p. 166, fig. p. 162; S. S. Blower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 873. Our largest specimen measured 6 ft. 6 in. in total length. Vaeanus nebijlosus Gray. Varanus nebulosus, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. ii. p. 311; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Rept. p. 165; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 643. Vaeanus eudicollis Gray. Varanus rudicollis, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. ii. p. 313; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 643. A specimen of this lizard was brought to me at the foot of Gunong Inas. It appears to be an inhabitant of forest country only. Fam. Laceetidje. Tachydhomus sexlineatus Daud. Tachyclromus sexlineatus, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. iii. p. 4; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Rept. p. 169; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 644. Mr. Annandale tells me that this lizard is common at Biserat, where it is called “ BengkarongUlar ” or snake-lizard. It runs about on the top of the long buffalo-grass (lalang); apparently the great length of its body, produced chiefly by the remarkable extent of the tail, saves it from breaking the grass or falling through to the ground. When chased it seeks safety by diving, so to speak, down through the grass to the ground. This species has not, I believe, been recorded previously from the Peninsula, although known to occur in Borneo and Burmah. Fam. Scincidje. MaBUIA MULT1FASCIATA (Kulll). Mabuia multifasciata, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. iii. p. 186; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Rept. p. 191 ; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 645. Abundant everywhere, both in the forests and in open country. I have seen one of these Skinks climbing high up on a large forest tree. Lygosoma floweei, sp. n. (sect. Hinulia, Gray). Form moderately slender; limbs well developed, pentadactyle, rather long; adpressed hind limb just reaches axil. Ear-opening moderately large. No auricular lobes. Eye large, its diameter nearly equal to its distance from the end of the snout. Lower eyelid scaly. No supranasals, fronto-parietals distinct, fronto-nasal in contact with rostral; five supra-oculars, 32 scales round the body. Colour : upper surface brown, with a mid-dorsal row of irregular black spots extending to the base of the tail, which is mottled brown and white; the limbs brown and black ; lower surfaces brown. [10]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22406608_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
