J. yunnanensis differs from J. variegata in the larger size of its scales generally,
a character which is especially discernible in the scales on the throat. I t is also
distinguished from that species by its proportionally shorter toes, and from J.
swvnhonis by its much shorter legs (see table), to which, however, it approaches
in the large character of its scales. In J. variegata the sublingual scales are
nearly smooth, while in this species they are strongly keeled.
The small J. planidorsata is distinguished by the numerous enlarged spiny
scales on the side of the head, and by the presence of from six to seven v-shaped
enlarged spiny scales, crossing the back from the upper portion of the side and
connected together at their free ends by a more or less interrupted longitudinal line
of enlarged scales. The first transverse line occurs on the nape, but the last is
reduced to a large spiny scale. The scales of the dorsal transverse bands are in a
single row. The scales on the middle of the body are smaller than those on the
dorsal surface and not so spiny. The pla/nidorsate character is due to the transverse
and longitudinal lines of enlarged scales. I was at first1 inclined to regard
J. planidorsata as the young of J. variegata, but the foregoing description of its
characters, which is drawn up from the type, conclusively proves that the two
species are distinct, and that the late Dr. Stoliczka,2 was correct in questioning
the accuracy of my first determination.
J. nigrilabris, Peters, from Borneo is a nearly allied species to J. planidorsata,
but devoid of the transverse bands of enlarged scales, but with the same form of
crest and the same hirsute appearance.
Since I expressed the opinion some years ago that the J. microlepis of Jerdon
was probably the female of J. variegata, Gray, I have examined not only the
type in the British Museum, but have myself procured the species alive in the
Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, where it may have been introduced from Darjeeling
or elsewhere, either in the egg, or alive in the cases of orchids and other plants that
are yearly received at these Gardens. The Calcutta specimen I have compared with
the type of T. microlepis, with which it perfectly agrees.
I was for some time under the impression that this lizard from Calcutta might
prove to be the Otocryptis (JPtyctolcemus) gularis, Peters8, which was purchased as
coming from Calcutta. I therefore forwarded the Calcutta specimen to Professor
Peters, who kindly compared it with O. gularis, and pronounced it distinct, remarking
that 0. gularis has no gular fold, but on each side three arched furrows
just before that place where J. microlepis has the gular fold, and that the latter
is nearly related to J. nigrilabris, Peters, from Borneo, yet distinct.
1 Proc. As. Soc., Bengal, 1870, p. 76.
1 Joorn. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xli, pt. 2,1872, p. 106.
* Monatsher Acad. Wiss, Berl. 1864 p. 386.
Genus C a l o t e s , Cuvier.
C a lo t e s v e r s ic o l o r , Daudin.
Agama versicolor, Daudin, Hist. Kept., vol. iii, 1810, p. 395, pi. xliv; Kuhl., Beitr. Zool., 1820,
p. 114; Merrem, Syst. Ampli., 1820, p. 51.
Agama mltuosa, Harlan, Joum. Acad. Nat. Sc., Philad., vol. iv, 1825, p. 296, pi. xix.
Agama indica, Gray, Zool. Joum., vol. iii, 1828, p. 217.
Calotte tiedcmanni, Gray, Rept. Griffith's An. Kingd., vol. is, 1831, p. 55.
Calotes versicolor, Dum. & Bibr., Erpét. Gèni., vol. iv, 1837, p. 405 ; Gray, Cat. Lizards, B. M., 1845,
p. 243 ; Kelaart, Prod. Fauna Zeylan., 1852, p. 170 ; Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxii,
1852, p. 170; Jerdon, I.e ., p. 470; Gunther, K ept.Brit. Ind., 1864, p. 140; Steind., Reise der
Frig. Novara, Rept., 1867, p. 27 ; Theobald, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, 1868, vol. xxxvii, p. 35;
Journ. Lin. Soc., vol. x, 1868, p. 88; id., Descr., Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind., 1876, p. 109; Anderson,
Proc. Zool. Soc., 1872, p. 381 ; W. T. Blanford, Zool., Persia, 1876, p. 318.
Calotes cristatus, Jacquemont, Toy. dans l'Inde, Atlas, Rept. pi. ii, 1844.
Calotes viridis, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1846, vol. xviii, p. 429.
This common tree-lizard is prevalent at Mandalay and Bhamó, but I did not
observe it in the hills to the east of the latter locality, where its place appears to be
taken by C. evnma, but at Mandalay it is associated with C. mystaceus. One specimen
from the last-mentioned locality had a bright yellow broad band from the
snout passing backwards to the shoulder, involving the cheeks, lower lips, one-half
of the eye and the tympanum ; and behind and in a line with it a series of bright,
rusty-red spots at regular intervals, the scales of the intervening spaces being
whitish. In another, the pale lateral band was carried along the sides, contracting
at regular intervals to a mere line, with the rusty spots in the centres of the dilatations.
In these respects the colouration approaches to C. maria and C. jerdoni, but
it is not peculiar to Burmese individuals, because I have observed it, but in a more
modified degree, in Indian examples of the species.
This species appears to. be generally distributed over Burma, for it has now been
observed at Bhamó, Mandalay, Pegu, and also in Tenasserim ; it has likewise been
recorded from China. Its western range is not so well ascertained, but Blanford
records it from Biluchistàn. It appears to be generally spread over the greater
part of India from the Himalaya to Ceylon, and it is found in these mountains up
to elevations of 10,000 feet.
Ca lot e s m y s ta c eu s , Dum. & Bib.
Calotes mystaceus, Dum. & Bib., Erpét. Gèni., vol. iv, 1887, p. 408; Gray, Cat. Lizards, B. M.,
1845, p. 245 ; Duméril, Cat. Méthod. Rept., 1851, p. 87 ; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal,
1852, vol. xxi, p. 754; id., op. cit., 1858, vol. xxii, p. 647; Günther, Rept. Brit. Ind., 1864,
p. 141 ; Steindachner, Reise Frig. Novara, Rept., 1867, p. 28 ; Theobald, ' Joum. Linn. Soc,,
vol. x, 1868,p. 88; id., Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 1868, ex. No. p. 86, {pars)-,
id., Descr., Cat. Rept., Brit. Ind., 1876, p. 106; Stoliczka, op. cit., vol. xxxix, 1870, p. 188;
Anderson, op. cit., vol. xl, 1871, p. 32,