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nasal separated from its fellow of the opposite side by two scales about equal to 

 the supranasals in size, these four border the rostral posteriorly; three large 

 supralabials to below centre of eye; scales of head small almost round, slightly 

 keeled, nonimbricate, on snout larger, polygonal, also weakly keeled; scales of 

 neck very small and granular passing abruptly on the shoulders to the dorsals 

 which are large, heavily keeled, imbricate about eight equalling the distance of 

 tip of snout from centre of eye ; a narrow sharply defined middorsal zone of fine 

 granular scales; mental large, one large and two smaller infralabials to below 

 centre of eye; chin-shields small, pavement-like and homogeneous in size; scales 

 of neck and chest with faint weak keels; ventrals round, imbricating, much 

 smaller than dorsals also weakly keeled; scales of limbs, small, imbricate, keeled; 

 tail-scales in irregular whorls of small scales ; large transverse plates below. 



Colour: — Brown, body with faint wavy lines, tail marbled. The throat 

 is almost invariably speckled or lined with bold black spots or streaks; the head 

 striped or marbled above and on the sides with dark lines. The markings while 

 very narrow are often bold and conspicuous. 



Dimensions: — Tip of snout to vent 25 mm. 



Vent to tip of tail • 32 mm. 



Greatest width of head 5 mm. 



Tip of snout to ear 7 mm. 



Fore limb 7 mm. 



Hind limb 11 ntun. 



Remarks: — It is very significant and noteworthy that while Mr. Noble took 

 nearly an hundred sphaerodactyls in Guadeloupe at many localities they were 

 every one of the same species. Strong evidence this, against the proposition 

 that many species occur scattered haphazard throughout the archipelago. Mr. 

 Noble also found the rather large, single, oblong eggs, which measure 6.5 X 4.75 

 nam., in rotten wood. 



29. Sphaerodactylus pictus Garman. 

 Plate 8, fig. 2; Plate 23, fig. 1-4. 



Sphaerodactylus pictus Garman, Bull. Essex inst., 1887, 19, p. 20. 



Type-locality: — St. Christopher. 



Types: — M. C. Z. 6,071, two specimens. Samuel Garman during the Expe- 

 dition of the U. S. C. S. steamer Blake. 

 Distribution: — St. Christopher. 



