IIEMIDACTYLUS. 85 



between the rostral and four nasals ; 9 upper and 7 lower labials ; 

 mental large, triangular, more than twice as long as the adjacent 

 labials ; four large chin-shields, inner pair in contact behind the 

 point of the mental. Body covered above with coarse granules 

 intermixed with oval, subtrihedral, strongly keeled tubercles ar- 

 ranged in about twelve irregular longitudinal series. Abdominal 

 scales large, cycloid, imbricate, smooth. Male with 6 praeanal 

 pores forming an angular series. Tail round, but slightly de- 

 pressed at the base and not at all further back, tapering, without 

 any enlarged or spinose tubercles whatever. Grey above, with 

 subquadrangular black spots arranged in longitudinal series, con- 

 fluent into lines on the rachis and sides ; a black streak white-edged 

 above on the side of the head, passing through the eye ; whitish 

 beneath, with or without longitudinal grey lines. 



From snout to vent 1*4 inches. 



Hob. South-east Berar and Eaipur, Central Provinces. 



85. Hemidactylus frenatus. 



Hemidactylus frenatus, Dum. $ Bibr. Erp. Gen. Hi, p. 866; Kclaart, 

 Prodi: p. 161 ; Giinth. Kept. B. I. p. 108; T/ieob. Cat. p. 78; 

 Boulemj. Cut. Liz. i, p. 120. 



? Hemidactylus punctatus, Jerdon, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 467. 



Gecko chaus et caracal, Tytler, J. A. S. B. xxxiii, 1864, p. 547. 



Snout longer than the distance between the eye and the ear- 

 opening, lj to 1| the diameter of the orbit; forehead concave; 

 ear-opening small, roundish. Body and limbs moderate. Digits 

 moderately dilated, free, inner with sessile claw ; 4 or 5 lamellae 

 under the inner digits, 7 or 8 (seldom 9) under the fourth finger, 

 and 9 or 10 under the fourth toe. Upper surfaces covered with 

 small granules, largest on the snout ; on the back these granules 

 are intermixed with more or less numerous irregularly scattered 

 round convex tubercles always much smaller than the ear-opening, 

 sometimes almost entirely absent. Rostral four-sided, nearly 

 twice as broad as deep, with median cleft above ; nostril pierced 

 between the rostral, the first labial, and three nasals ; 10 to 12 

 upper and 8 to 10 lower labials ; mental large, triangular or pen- 

 tagonal ; two or three pairs of chin-shields, the median in contact 

 behind the point of the mental. Abdominal scales moderate, 

 cycloid, imbricate. Male with a series of 30 or 36 femoral pores, 

 not interrupted on the praeanal region. Tail rounded, feebly de- 

 pressed, covered above with very small smooth scales and six 

 longitudinal series of keeled tubercles, below with a median series 

 of transversely dilated plates. Greyish or pinkish brown above, 

 uniform or more or less distinctly marbled with darker; head 

 generally variegated with brown ; a more or less defined brown 

 streak, light-edged above, on the side of the head, passing through 

 the eye, extending sometimes along the side of the body ; lower 

 surfaces whitish. 



From snout to vent 2-2 inches ; tail 2-25. 



