21,2 Taylor: Herpetological Fauna, I 189 
granules, with no evidence of tubercles; scales on belly larger, 
imbricate; no evidence of a lateral skin fold; scales on posterior 
part of chin and throat very small, equal; tail not annulate; 
preanal and femoral pores continuous, forming an arch medially, 
seventeen pores on each side; scales anterior and posterior to 
pore scales only slightly larger than other belly scales; scales 
directly in front of anus only slightly enlarged; digits flattened 
through entire length, with a single row of lamelle below, 
seventeen under longest digit on foreleg, twenty-one under 
longest toe; the lamellze on base of digits broken into from two 
to four scalelike elements; body extremely elongate and narrow, 
of equal width throughout entire length; tail tapering gradually, 
only slightly flattened. 
Color in life—Body above clear yellow-green to leaf green, 
more green on back than on sides and on limbs; side of head yel- 
lowish; numerous, rounded, black spots on head and shoulders 
arranged more or less regularly; a series of dim, uneven, cream 
spots begins behind the eye and continues halfway along the 
body on each side; iris of eye golden yellow; distal two-thirds 
of tail reddish brown, to salmon below, with series of cream 
yellow spots bordered by black almost circling the tail; belly 
whitish yellow; underside of limbs very light yellow-green to 
greenish yellow. 
* Measurements of the type of Gekko smaragdinus sp. nov. 
mm. 
Total length 133 
Snout to vent 62 
Tail 71 
Snout to foreleg 24 
Axilla to groin 34 
Foreleg 19 
Hind leg 25 
Length of head, to auricular opening 14 
Width of head 10 
Greatest body width 7 
Snout to eye 6.7 
Eye to auricular opening 4.8 
Diameter of orbit 4 
Diameter of auricular opening 1.2 
Variation.—There are twenty-one cotypes in the collection 
taken at practically the same time as the type. The variati a 
in measurements are due to the different ages of the specimens. 
There are fourteen to nineteen upper labials and thirteen to 
sixteen lower labials. This large difference is due to the degree 
