(Plate IX. figs. A, A'.) Monitor flavescens, Gray, 111ustr. lnd:. Zool. c. tab.
Varanus piquotii, Dum. & Bibr. Etpet. gen. iii. p. 485. pI. 35. fig. 5 (scales). Empagusia flavescens, Gray, Lizards, p. 9.
Varanus flavescens, Cantor, Mal. Rept. p. 28.

The toes of this species are, comparatively, shorter than in its congeners. The nostril is an oblique slit, situated entirely before the middle of the length of the snout, although not on its extremity. The teeth are of moderate size, sub conical, scarcely compressed, and not denticulated. Superciliary scales of unequal size, the outer being rather smaller than the inner. Scales of the upper parts strongly keeled, those of the belly smooth, in 70 transverse series between the gular fold and the loin. Greenish- or brownish-olive, with irregular dark markings, which are, generally, confluent into broad cross bars on the back and tail; throat with irregular dark transverse bands. In young specimens the dark colour is predominant on the upper parts, the body and tail being crossed by numerous irregular yellow bands.

This species attains to a length of from 3 to 4 feet, the tail being longer than the body. It has been found in Nepal (by Mr. Hodgson), in Bengal, at Pinang, and in the Indus Territories. On Plate IX. we have figured the head (fig. A), and the fore foot (fig. A'), to show the position of the nostril and the short toes.