98 GECKONID^E. 



granular scales, beneath with juxtaposed or subimbricate scales. 

 Pupil vertical. Males with praeanal or femoral pores. 



Distribution. East Indies ; Polynesia ; South-west Australia. 

 11 or 12 species are known. 



Fig. 29. Foot of Lepidodactyhis aurantiacus, lower surface. 



Synopsis of Indian, Ceylonese, and Burmese Species. 



A. Thumb rudimentary ; tail subcylindrical. 



a. 4 or 5 divided lamellae under median toe. L. ceylonensis, p. 98. 



b. 2 divided lamellae under median toe .... L. aurantiacus, p. 98. 



B. Thumb well developed ; tail depressed, flat 



beneath, with sharpish lateral edge .... L. luffubris, p. 99. 



102. Lepidodactyhis ceylonensis. 

 Lepidodactylus ceylonensis, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 164, pi. xui, fig. 3. 



Head much longer than broad ; snout as long as distance between 

 eye and ear-opening, 1| times diameter of orbit; ear-opening 

 small, oval. Body elongate ; limbs short, fore limb not measuring 

 half the distance between axilla and groin. Digits free, inner 

 rudimentary ; 4 or 5 divided lamellae under the toes, the rest of 

 the lower surface covered with small squarish scales. Head and 

 body covered with very small granular scales, slightly larger on the 

 snout, larger and flat on the belly. Rostral twice as broad 

 as deep ; nostril pierced between rostral, first upper labial, 

 and three small nasals; 11 or 12 upper and as many lower labials; 

 mental small, subtriangular ; no chin-shields. Tail cylindrical, 

 covered with uniform small scales. Brown above, with small 

 round yellowish spots ; a dark streak from the tip of the snout to 

 the shoulder, passing through the eye. 



From snout to vent 1-5 inches ; tail 1-33. 



Hob. Ceylon (Gampola). 



103. LepidQdactylus aurantiacus. 



Hemidactylus aurantiacus, Beddome, Madras Joum. Med. Sc. 1870. 

 Lepidodactylus aurantiacus, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 164, pi. xiii, fig. 4. 



Head oviform, longer than broad ; snout rounded, very convex, 

 slightly shorter than distance between eye and ear-opening, 1^ 



