76 GECKONID^. 



cleft above ; nostril pierced between the rostral and three nasals ; 

 6 to 9 upper and 7 cr 8 lower labials ; mental large, triangular or 

 pentagonal, its posterior angle truncated and in contact with a small 

 median chin-shield ; two pairs of larger chin-shields. Upper 

 surface of body covered with ^mall smooth granules, irregularly 

 intermixed with small round convex, sometimes slightly keeled, 

 tubercles. Abdominal scales small, round, imbricate, smooth. 

 Males with 6 to 9 pr«anal pores forming an angular line. Tail 

 cylindrical, slender in its distal half, covered above Avith small 

 smooth scales, in its anterior portion with semiannuli of pointed 

 keeled tubercles ; inferiorly with large smooth scales, the median 

 series being a little enlarged. Brown above, with blackish and 

 whitish markings ; head usually with black and white augular 

 lines ; generally a black and v\hite band across the neck and a 

 \\ hite black-edged ocellus in front of the arm ; tail with complete 

 black and white anuuli ; lower surface brownish, the lower lip 

 brown-edged. 



From snout to vent 2-15 inches ; tail 2'4. 



Hah. Tinnevelly and Travancore; under rocks, in dry jungles. 



75. Gonatodes marmoratus. 



Gymnodactylus marmoratus (wo?i D. ^- B.), Beddvme, Madras Jovrn. 



Med. Sc. 1870. 

 Gymnodactylus beddomei, Theoh. Cat. p. 88. 

 Gonatodes marmoratus, Bouleny. Cat. Liz. i, p. G7, pi. vi, fig. 4. 



Head rather elongate ; snout acuminafe, longer than the distance 

 between the eye and the ear-opening, 1| to 1| the 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 

 regular plates, that under the articulation being large and discoid. 

 Head covered \\\i\\ small granules, largest and keeled on the 

 snout. Eostral four-sided, twice as broad as deep, with median 

 cleft above ; nostril pierced betv\ een the rostral and three nasals : 

 6 to 8 upper and as many lower labials ; mental large, triangular 

 or pentagonal, its posterior angle truncated ; chin-shields ^'ery 

 small. Upper surface of body covered with small granules, ir- 

 regularly intermixed with slightly larger ones ; all tliese tubercles 

 with a central raised point or a short keel. Abdominal scales very 

 small, juxtaposed, convex, keeled. Males with 6 to 8 pra^anal 

 pores. Tail cybndrical, tapering, covered above with uniform, small, 

 feebly keeled scales, below with larger smooth scales, those of the 

 median series sometimes a little enlarged. Brown above, clouded 

 with darker and lighter markings ; tail with ill-defined darker and 

 lighter annuli ; the lower lip edged with dark brown ; another 

 dark brow n streak, parallel to the latter, on each side of the throat. 



From snout to vent 2 inches ; tail 1"9. 



Hah. Travancore, Wynaad, Tinnevelly, 3000 to 5000 feet. 



