STENODACTYLUS. 



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This genus is restricted to the desert districts of North Africa 

 and Southern Asia eastwards to Sind. Six species are known, 

 two of which fall within the geographical limits assigned to this 

 work. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



Snout as long as distance between orbit and ear- 

 opening; ventral scales keeled 8. orientalis, p. 57. 



Snout much longer than distance between orbit 



and ear-opening; ventral scales smooth S. lumsdenii, p. 58. 



Fig. 21. Stenodactylus orientalis. 

 a. Foot. b. Lower surface of toe. 



48. Stenodactylus orientalis. 



Stenodactylus orientalis, Blanf. J. A. S. B. xlv, 1876, pt. 2, p. 21, pi. i, 

 fig. 2 ; Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 363 ; Boukng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 16, 

 pi. iii, fig. 1. 



Stenodactylus dunstervillei, Murray, I. c. $ erratum, 



Head rather depressed, regularly oviform ; snout slightly longer 

 than the diameter of the orbit, as long as the distance between the 

 latter and the ear-opening ; forehead very slightly concave ; ear- 

 opening an oblique slit measuring two-thirds the diameter of the 

 eye. Body moderate, depressed. Limbs moderate ; digits elon- 

 gate, depressed, with well-developed lateral fringes ; the transverse 

 inferior lamella* quinquecarinate. Head covered with small 

 granules, which are feebly keeled on the snout and between the 

 eyes ; rostral quadrangular, broader than long, with median cleft 

 above ; nostril pierced between the rostral, the first labial, and 

 three nasals ; twelve upper and thirteen lower labials ; menta. 

 broader than long, subpentagonal, the lower angle rounded; no 

 chin-shields. Body covered with small granules, keeled on the 



