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
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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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    Peninsula. Lastly the genus Calotes, more widely spread than either of the preceding, is poorly represented in the south of the Peninsula by but one species C. cristatellus, but more abundantly both to the north and in the neighbouring islands. It is worth remarking that I have never seen a really young specimen of any Draco; whilst young examples of Aphaniotis fusca and Gonyocephalus borneensis seem to be more frequently caught than adults. III. Systematic List of the Species, with Notes. Pam. GeckoniDjE. Gymnodactylus marmoratus (Kuhl). Gymnodactylus marmoratus, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. i. p. 44; S. S. Plower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 626. I caught a young specimen of this lizard under a large stone in the Botanical Gardens at Penang, about 300 ft. above sea-level, a large one at the foot of Gunong Inas from under a boulder, and a young one at Kuala Aring in a dead bamboo. Gymnodactylus peguensis Blgr. Gymnodactylus peguensis, Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) xiii. p. 314, pi. vi. fig. 2. One specimen, an adult male, was collected in Patalung by Mr. Annandale, who tells me that he saw another individual of the same species on a hill in Legeh. This is certainly one of the most beautiful of lizards. The following is a brief description of our specimen :—Head ovoid, covered above with very small granules, largest on the snout. Porehead concave. Ear-opening small, oblique, and oval in shape. The back is covered with small granules; scattered amongst these are numerous small trihedral tubercles. The scales on the throat are very small, those of the belly considerably larger and somewhat imbricate. Eight pre-anal pores. Ground-colour a delicate brownish pink; on the dorsal surface are large patches of rich dark brown, darkest at the margins and unsymmetrically arranged. Tail with black rings. Length of head .... 20 mm. „ body .... 45 „ tail 60 ,, fore limb .... 26 ,, hind limb 5> Breadth of head 13 15 Gonatodes kendalli (Gray). Gonatodes Jcendalli, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. i. p. 63 ; S. S. Plower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 863 ; id. P. Z. S. 1899, p. 627. One specimen from Bukit Timah, Singapore. Gonatodes affinis (Sfcol.). Gymnodactylus affinis, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. i. p. 42 ; S. S. Plower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 862. [4]