148 REPTILES. 



3. Strophura. Phyllodactylus, part, Dum. et Bib. 



Toes all clawed, linear, truncated at the tip, the lower part of 

 the middle of the toes with 2 series of small square plates, and the 

 lateral with I series of transverse rather curved plates beneath, all 

 with 2 oblong rather thick shields at the tip. Back unequally 

 granular, with a series of tubercles on each side. Tail round, ta- 

 pering, flexible, not brittle, rolled up beneath at the tip, and with 

 2 rows of subcylindrical tulDercles above, Preanal pores in a dou- 

 ble transverse series, the hinder series shortest. 



The Strophuee, Strophura spinigera, Grai/, Zool. Erebus 

 and Terror^ t. Diplodactylus spinigerus, Grai/, Zool. Misc. 53. 

 Phyllodactylus Strophurus,'Z>wm. et Bib. E. G. iii. 397, t. 32, f. I. 



Olive, minutely black-speckled, beneath pale ; scales granular, 

 rather unequal, larger black-tipped, with a series of subcylindrical 

 spines along each side of the back and the upper side of the tail, 

 scales of the tail more unequal ; lower labial shields moderate, 

 gradually diminishing in size, lower rostral moderate ; the plates 

 under the middle of the lateral toes sometimes united together into 

 a lunated shield ; preanal pores distinct, in a long anterior and a 

 short posterior row. 



a, b. In spirits. Houtman's Abrollos. From Mr. Gilbert's col- 

 lection. 



4. Diplodactylus, Gray. Phyllodactylus, part, Dum. et Bib. 

 Sphserodactylus, part, Wagler. 



Toes all clawed, linear, truncated at the tip, middle of the un- 

 der side of the toes with a few broad transverse plates, ending with 

 2 oval convex rather thick plates, and sometimes there are a few 

 small ones between the two kinds. Back granular, square. Tail 

 round or fusiform, brittle, with rings of small square scales, simi- 

 lar above and below. 



* Vent granular in front. The plates under the middle of the toes 



moderate. Australia. 



f Front lower labial large. Tail with rings of rather large scales. 



The Yellow-crowned Diplodactyle. Diplodactylus vit- 

 tatus. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832,40. Zool. Erebus and Terror, 

 t. f Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 400. 



Brown ; back with a pale dorsal streak, and a series of small 

 spots on each side ; the crown yellow ; limbs and tail yellow-spot- 

 ted ; the 3 front lower labial shields on each side large, the rest 

 very small ; front of the vent with distant cross series of rather 

 larger scales ; tail with an oblique series of 3 or 4 small tubercles 

 on each side of the base. 



