260 SPHAERODACT\XUS. 



Description: — M. C. Z. 3,342, the largest of the three female cotypes of 

 Garman's piduratus. Snout rather long, head distmctly narrow; the eye a very 

 little nearer the tip of snout than the ear ; rostral large with a median groove ; 

 nostril between rostral, first supralabial, a large supranasal and one or two small 

 scales ; a small scale separates the supranasal of each side ; the fifth supralabial, 

 a very small one, below the centre of the eye ; superciliary spine present but very 

 small and feeble; head above and on sides covered with small granules which are 

 not flat nor yet distinctly keeled, rather sharply swollen, slightly enlarged in 

 snout; scales of sides of neck enlarged, passing on the shoulders into the very 

 large tectiform, dorsals about six of which equal the distance of tip of snout from 

 centre of eye ; , a prominent middorsal granular zone ; mental larger than rostral, 

 followed by many slightly enlarged scales; gular scales very small juxtaposed; 

 scales of chest and belly larger, rounded, slightly imbricate, smooth; scales of 

 limb, enlarged, overlapping, smooth or very feebly keeled; tail with scales small 

 and irregular; enlarged inferiorly. 



Colour: — Male uniform metallic iron-gray, with no markings. Females 

 conspicuously streaked on head with light longitudmal markings and decorated 

 on the body with irregular dark cross-bars which include transverse series of 

 white spots. The ground-colour is reddish often flecked with small spots of 

 darker and lighter. 



Dimensions: — Adult male M. C. Z. 3,341. 



Tip of snout to vent 34 mm. 



Vent to tip of tail 39 nam. 



Greatest width of head 6.2 mm. 



Tip of snout to ear 9 . 5 mm. 



Fore leg 10 mm. 



Hind leg 13 mm. 



Remarks: — Like its close allies, copei, is rare in collections. Dr. Weinland 

 took the four cotypes, a male and three females at Grand Anse River. In 1913 

 Dr. W. M. Mann brought a small series back from Diquini, taken while collecting 

 ants. 



27. Sphaerodactylus scaber Barbour and Ramsden. 



Plate 3, fig. 4; Plate 22, fig. 1-4. 



Sphaerodactyltis scaber, Barbour & Ramsden, Mem. M. C. Z., 1919, 47, p. 126. 

 Sphaerodaclijlu^ fantasticux Giindlach {non Dum(5ril & Bibron), Erp. Cubana, 1880, p. 61. 

 Sphatrodactylus picturalus Barljour {non Garman), Mem. M. C. Z. 191-1, 44, p. 268. 



