160 reptiles. 



19. Pentadactylus. 



Toes free, clawed, narrow at the base, rather dilated towards 

 the end, with a series of transverse plates beneath, last joint com- 

 pressed, short, inflexed. Thumb like the toes, clawed. Femoral 

 pores distinct, in 2 series. Preanal pores in several angular series 

 in the males. Skin very finely granular. Sides of the body sim- 

 ple. Upper eyelid well developed. 



Duvaucel's Pentadactylus. Pentadactylus Duvaucelii. 

 Platydactylus Duvaucelii, Duin. et Bib. E. G. iii. 312. 

 Grey, back waved with brown ; scales very minute. 

 Inhab. India, Calcutta. Mus. Paris. 



20. Platydactylus. Platydactylus, part, Cuv.^ Dum. et Bib. 



Toes webbed, dilated towards the end, with entire scales be- 

 neath, the last joint short, compressed, inflexed, clawed. Thumb 

 like the toes, clawed. Sides of the body, head and limbs with a 



membranaceous expansion. Scales very minute, granular. Tail 

 p 



Leach's Gecko. Platydactylus Leachianus, Cuv. R. A. ii. 

 54. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 315, t. 28,/. 6, foot. 



Greyish, (bleached ?) 



Inhab. ? Mus Paris, an imperfect specimen, sent by 



Dr. Leach. 



b. Claws 4iA. The thumb ivithout any last compressed joints 



clawless. 



21. Gecko, Linn. Platydactylus, Fitz. Plat. sect. Wagler, 



FWeigm. and Dum. et Bib. 



Toes free, unequal, dilated towards the end, with a series of 

 broad transverse membranaceous plates beneath, the last joint 

 short, compressed, inflexed, clawed. Thumb dilated, without the 

 compressed last joint, clawless. Eyelid membranaceous. Back 

 granular, with scattered larger tubercles. Femoral and preanal 

 pores distinct in the males. 



* Back largely tubercular. 



The Gecko. Gecko verus, Merrein. G. teres, and G. verti- 



cillatus, Laur. Syn. 44. Lacerta Gecko, Linn. S. N. i. 365. 



Schneid. ii. 12. L. guttata, Herm. Obs. 156. Daud. Rept. iv. 122, 



t. 49. Cuv. Guerin, Icoti. t. 13. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 328, t. 28, 



/. 4. G. annulatus, Kuhl, Beitr. 132. 



Reddish grey, white-spotted ; scales square, flat, smooth, with 

 12 distant rows of large tubercles, with a series of hexagonal lar- 

 ger gular shields in front, under the under labials. 



