On a collection of lizards from the Malay peninsula, made by members of the 'Skeat expedition', 1899-1900 / by F.F. Laidlaw.

  • Laidlaw, Frank Fortescue, 1876-1963.
Date:
1901
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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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    country. It will be noticed that all these species have a wide range in the Oriental region. On the other hand, the forest fauna consists for the most part of species with a limited range. The most characteristic genus of Lizards inhabiting this part of the Text-fig. 76. IQO 102 Map of part of the Malay Peninsula, to show the localities mentioned in the text. world is certainly Draco, and the distribution of its various species is interesting as bearing on the general question of the distribution of the Malayan fauna. Mr. Boulenger (Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus. i. p. 253) divides the genus into two main groups—one with the