168 REPTILES. 



*** Toes elongate^ slender. Back and tail vnth cross series of 

 large tubercles. Cantinia. 



The Elegant Pachydactyle. Pachydactylus elegans. 

 Pale brown, brown and white dotted ; tail brown-banded ; 

 back and tail with cross series of trihedral tubercles. 



a. In spirits. S. Africa. Presented by Dr. John Lee. 



29. SpHJiiRODACTYLUS, Cuv., Gray., Weigmann,, Wagler. 



Toes and thumbs free, slender, subcylindrical at base, with a 

 small, entire, circular, terminal disk, convex beneath, clawless, 

 without a terminal compressed joint. Scales of the back equal, 

 granular or rhombic. " Pupil round." Eyelid circular. Tail 

 with a central series of shields. Femoral nor preanal pores none. 



•* Back and tail with small scales. 



The Banded Sph^erodactyle. Spha?rodactvlus sputator, 

 Cuv. R. A. ii. 57. Wagler, Si/st. 143. Dum. et Bib.E. G. iii. 402. 

 Lacerta sputator, Sparm. N. Act. Stockh. v. 164, t. 4. /. 1 — 3, 

 Lacep. Q. 0.\. 409, t. 28,/. 1, 2. Schn. Daud. R. iv. 99. Base. 



Black and yellow, cross banded ; muzzle pointed ; head, with 

 a white streak on each side ; scales equal. 



a — ('. In spirits. S. America. From Mr. Leadbeater's collection. 



The Lined SpHiEROOACTYLE. Sphaerodactylus punctalissi- 

 mus, Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 405. 



Reddish, speckled w^ith white ; throat streaked ; scales equal. 



a. In spirits. Head white-lined. Martinique. From the Paris 

 Museum. 



The Black-headed SpHiERODACTYLE. Sphaerodactvlus fan- 

 tasticus, Cuv. Mus. Par. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 406, t. 33,/. 2. 



Fulvous ; head black, veiiniculated with white ; scales of the 

 middle of the back smaller than those of the sides. 



a. In spirits. S. America. Presented by Edw. Laforest, Esq. 



The Black-dotted Sph^rodactyle. Sphaerodactylus ni- 

 gropunctatus. 



Keddish grey, with very numerous minute black specks. 



a. In spirits. S. America. From Mr. Leadbeater's collection. 



** Back and tail tvith cross series of rhombic heeled scales. 



Richardson's Sph^rodactyle. Spha;rodactylus Richard- 



sonii. 



Head with a black-edged white streak on each side, from the 

 nostril just above the eye, with a streak from the back angle of 

 the eye to the ear, and another oblique one from each ear to the 



