100 GECKONID^E. 



Hob. Burma, Andamans and Nicobars, Malay Peniasula and 

 Archipelago, Papuasia and Polynesia. 



Genus HOPLODACTYLUS, 



Fitzinger, Syst. Kept. p. 100, 1843. 



Digits free or shortly webbed at the base, more or less dilated ; 

 the distal phalanges slender, elongate, clawed, forming an angle 

 with the basal portion ; a series of transverse lamellae under the 

 latter. Scales small, granular, equal. Pupil vertical. Males with 

 praeanal, or praeanal and femoral pores. 



Distribution. South-Pacific islands ; Southern India. A small 

 genus of only 5 species. 



Fig. 30. Foot of Hoplodactylus anamallensis. 

 a. Upper surface, b. Lower surface. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



16 lamellae under fourth toe H. dvvaucelii, p. 100. 



7 or 8 lamellae under fourth toe H. anamallensis, p. 10] . 



105. Hoplodactylus duvaucelii. 



Platydactj lus duvaucelii, Bum. $ Bibr. Erp. Gen. iii, p. 312. 

 Ptntadactylus duvaucelii, Giinth. Kept. B. 1. p. 118. 

 Hoplodactylus duvaucelii, Eouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 172. 



Head oviform : snout slightly longer than distance between eye 

 and ear-opening; forehead slightly concave^; ear-opening rather 

 large, oval, oblique. Body and limbs moderate. Digits relatively 

 much dilated, width of dilated part contained about twice and a half 

 in length of same ; length of slender distal part equals one third 

 length of digit; 16 lamellae under fourth toe; a distinct web at 

 base of digits, absent between two outer toes. Head covered 

 with granular scales, minute on the posterior half, considerably 

 larger on the snout. Rostral pentagonal, with trace of median 

 cleft above ; nostril pierced between rostral, first upper labial, and 

 four small nasals; 14 upper and 12 lower labials; mental trapezoid, a 



