LIZARDS. 



m 



Brown, with a white horse-shoe shaped band on the nape from 

 the upper lip ; back, rump and tail with a broad transverse white 

 band ; beneath whitish ; tail with an oblique series of 3 conical 

 spines on each side of its base ; tubercles of the crown and scales 

 of the throat and chest smaller, 



a. In spirits. Penang, Chittagong. Presented by Gen, Thomas 



Hardwicke. 



32. HoMONOTA. Gymnodactylus, part, Dwti. et Bib. 



Toes subcylindrical, rather tapering, with simple cross bands 

 beneath, base very slightly swollen below. Palms and soles gra- 

 nular. Thumb like the toe, but rather shorter. Tail elongate, 

 round, tapering, covered with rather elongate scales, with a rather 

 larger central series beneath, when reproduced fusiform. Scales 

 of the back hexaugular, smooth, scarcely imbricate, of the under 

 side 6-sided. Lower labial shields large, few. Chin-scales gra- 

 nular, with a few rather larger 6-sided plates in front. Femoral 

 and preaual pores none. 



Guidichaud's Scaled Gecko, Homonota Guidichaudi. 

 Gymnodactylus Guidichaudi, Bum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 413. Bell, 

 Zool. Beagle, 26, <. 16,/. 1. 



Pale brown, darker varied; scales minutely black-dotted; the 

 lower labial shields 5-1-5, the front larger, the two hinder on each 

 side smaller ; scales of the throat many-sided ; chin with a mo- 

 derately dilated shield. 



a — c. In spirits. Chili. Presented by Charles Darwin, Esq. 

 d. In spirits. America. Presented by Thomas Bell, Esq., 1837. 



33. Pristurus, Ruppell. Gymnodactylus, part, Dum. et Bib. 



Toes slender, rather rounded, slightly swollen below at the base, 

 with distinct cross plates. Back and tail with a small denticulated 

 crest. Scales small, granular. Femoral and preanal pores none. 

 Tail compressed, denticulated above. Pupil circular ? 



Ruppell's Pristurus, Pristurus flavipunctatus, Ritpp. N. 

 W. Fauna Abys. t. 6,f. 3. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 417. 

 Green, yellow-dotted. 

 Inhab. Abyssinia. Mus. Frankfort. 



b. Toes elongated, slender, compressed, versatile, the joints bent at 



right angles to one another, 



34. GoNioDACTYLUs, part, Kuhl. 



Toes very slender, compressed, elongate, versatile, under side 

 of the base rather thickened, with distinct cross plates. Scales of 

 the back granular, uniform. Sides rounded. Femoral and pre- 



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