(Plate IX. fig. D.) Monitor nebulosus, Gray, in Griff. An. Kingd. ix. p. 27.
Varanus nebulosus, Dum. & Bibr. Etpet. gen. iii. p. 483. ? Cantor, Cat. Mal. Rept. p. 27.

The toes are as long as in V dreceene; and armed with very acute claws. The nostril is a long slit, and situated nearer to the eye than to the end of the snout. The teeth are slightly compressed, of moderate strength, and not denticulated. A series of broad, enlarged shields runs along the middle of the superciliary region, which otherwise is covered with small scales. Scales of the neck and back with an obtuse keel; those of the belly smooth, in 80 transverse series between the gular fold and the loin. Greenish- or brownish-olive, irregularly marbled and dotted with yellowish and black. Nape of the neck with traces of two pairs of blackish bands, convergent behind, the anterior band proceeding from the eye. Young specimens have these bands very distinct, and the body ornamented with numerous white, black-edged ocelli.

The largest specimen which I have seen is 3 1A2 feet long, the tail being longer than the body. This species is found in Bengal and Siam, but not in Java as stated by Bibron; perhaps near Pinang.