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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![Draco melanopogon Blgr. Draco melanopogon, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. iii. p. 492 ; Hanitseh, Bep. Baffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 9 ; S. S. Blower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 637. This species is common in the forest of the IIlu Selama district up to about 1000 ft. above sea-level. I caught three specimens, two females and a male. One of the females contained three large eggs. At a height of some 3500 ft. above sea-level on Gunong Inas, I saw two or three Plying Lizards belonging to another, smaller species, but could not capture any. Draco yolans L. Draco volans, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. i. p. 256 ; S. S. Blower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 868 ; id. P. Z. S. 1899, p. 636. This lizard is very generally distributed all over the low-lying country, and we obtained a considerable number of specimens at Kuala Aring, Tringganu, Penang, and elsewhere. Mr. Bidley tells me that the longest flight of one of these lizards he has measured was about twenty-five yards; in the course of this flight it descended from a height of fifteen yards to the ground. They appear to have some power of avoiding obstacles in their flight. Bemales of this species contained two eggs, or in one instance three. Aphaniotis fusca Peters. Aphaniotis fusca, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. i. p. 274 ; S. S. Blower, P.Z. S. 1899, p. 637. We collected three young specimens of this lizard on the E. side of the Peninsnla, and one young and three adults (2 $, 1 $ ) at the foot of Gunong Inas in Perak. The adult male, which I caught myself, was hiding under a large dead palm-spathe; the other adults, a pair, were caught sitting on a branch of a fallen tree. They seem to be rather sluggish little creatures, but are very difficult to see on the ground on account of their coloration. The inside of the mouth in our adult specimens wTas of a curious blue colour. Gonyocephalus eorneensis (Schleg.). Gonyocephalus borneensis, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. i. p. 288 ; S. S. Blower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 637. A single young specimen from the foot of Gunong Inas. Calotes cristatellus (Kuhl). Calotes cristatellus, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. i. p. 316 ; id. Baun. Brit. Ind., Bept. p. 134 ; S. S. Blower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 871; id. P. Z. S. 1899, p. 639. This species, exceedingly common in the south of the Peninsula, becomes rarer towards the north, where it is replaced by O.versicolor. We collected specimens at Biserat, in Singapore, Penang, and Perak. A pair from Biserat, apparently sexually mature, were [7]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22406608_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
