158 REPTILES. 



14. Crossueus, Wagler. Caudiverbera, part, Laur. 



Fingers webbed. Toes half webbed, both dilated at the base, 

 compressed at the eud, with 2 rows of diverging scales beneath. 

 Claws 6-b. Sides and limbs rounded, without any membranace- 

 ous expansion. Tail elongate, with a festooned fringe on each 

 side, becoming wider at the end. Preanal and femoral pores 

 ? 



The Crossurus. Crossurus Caudiverbera, Wagler, Syst. 141. 

 Merrem, Tent. 40. Lacerta Caudiverbera, Linn, S. N. 359. 

 From Seba, ii. t. 103. cop. Shaiv, Zool. ^7S,f. 1. Caudiverbera 

 >iEgyptiaca, Laur. Syn. 43. Hemidactylus Sebee, Dum. et Bib. 

 E. G. iii. 373. 



Dirty yellow, with stellate white spots ; scales very finely gra- 

 nular, of the muzzle rather larger, scattered with small tubercles, 

 surrounded with rather larger scales ; the fingers webbed, the toes 

 half webbed. 



Inhab. ? 



Only known from Seba's figure. 



** Thumb with a free last joint, but clawless. 



15. BOLTALIA. 



Toes free, ovate and dilated towards the end, with 2 series of 

 straight narrow nearly transverse closely adpressed plate beneath, 

 divided by a deep narrow groove, last joint compressed, free, ra- 

 ther exserted, clawed. Thumb dilated, and with a compressed 

 last joint, like the toes, but clawless. Back with granular scales 

 and a few scattered larger granules. Sides simple. Tail rather 

 depressed, tapering, ringed, with a central series of broad scales 

 beneath. 



The BoLTALiA. Boltalia sublsevis, Gray, Z. M. 58. Hemi- 

 dactylus Coctei, Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 365. 



Grey, yellow beneath ; the back covered with small granular 

 scales, with 2 or 3 interrupted series of rather larger ones on each 

 side ; scales of chin small, granular, of belly smooth, moderate- 

 sized, of the back flat-topped, grey, with several black dots. 



a. In spirits. India. 



*** Thumb small, without any free last joint and clawless. 



16. Peripia. 



Toes free, dilated for their whole length, with 2 series of di- 

 verging plates beneath, last joint compressed, exserted, clawed. 

 Thumb short, truncated, dilated, and with plates beneath, without 

 any compressed last joint or claw. Males with femoral pores, fe- 

 males poreless. Tail roundish. Back with equal granular scales. 



