GONATODES. 75 



72. Gonatodes wynadensis. 



Gvuinodactvlus wyiiaadensis, Beddome, Madras Joimi. Med. Sc. 1870 ; 



^'fheob. Cai. p. 87. 

 Gonatodes wynadensis, Bonlemj. Cat. Liz. i, p. 65, pi. vi, fig. 2, 



Habit of G. indicus. The basal part o£ the digits beneath with 

 very small scales, the two distal scales only being a little enlarged 

 and plate-like. Head cov^ered with very small granules, which are 

 keeled on the snout. Upper surface of body with laraie round 

 granules, each with a raised central point or short keel, largest on 

 the sides ; these tubercles are either homogeneous or intermixed 

 with much smaller ones, and as there occur specimens which are 

 intermediate in this respect, no great importance can be attached 

 to this difference. Abdominal scales smooth. 6 upper and 7 

 or 8 lower labials. Male with 4 or 5 femoral pores on each side. 

 Tail general!}' with a median series of transversely dilated plates 

 below. Brown above, marbled with darker and lighter; the 

 median dorsal line sometimes lighter, dark-bordered ; below 

 brownish, the throat brown-marbled ; tail beneath dark brow n, 

 usually lighter spotted. 



From snout to vent 1"6 inches ; tail 1"8. 



Ilab. Wynaad and hill-ranges further south, in moist forests. 



73. Gonatodes sisparensis. 



Gymnodactvlus maculatus (;non Steind.), Beddoine, Madras Jmirn. 



'Med. -Sp.'1870. 

 Gymuodiictvliis sisparensis, Theoh. Cat. p. 86. 

 Gouatodes sirtparensis, Bouleny. Cat. Liz. i, p. 66. 



Closely allied to G. ivijnadensls, but the digits nuu-h more 

 elongate. 8 femoral poi*es on each side. Dorsal tubercles homo- 

 geneous. Brown, with regular transverse dark bands across the 

 body and tail. 



From snout to vent 2-4 inches. 



Hah. Sispara Ghat, Nilgiri hills. 



74. Gonatodes ornatus. 



Gvmnodactvlus ornatus, Beddome, Madras Journ. Med. Sc. 1870 ; 



'T/ieob. Cat. p. 83. 

 Gonatodes ornatus, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i. p. 66, pi. vi, fig. 3. 



Head rather elongate ; snout acuminate, longer than the distance 

 between the eye and the ear-opening, l| to l§ diameter of orbit ; 

 forehead feebly concave ; ear-opening small, vertically oval. Body 

 moderate, limbs rather slender ; the hind limb reaching the shoulder 

 or a little beyond. Digits elongate, slender ; the basal part not 

 dilated, scarcely wider than the distal, beneath with very small 

 ])lates and a large discoid one vnider the articulation. Snout covered 

 with keeled granules ; hinder part of head with uniform minute 

 granules. Rostral four-sided, twice as broad as deep, with median 



