176 EEPTILES. 



39. Phyllurus, Cuv. Gymnodactylus, part, Dum. et Bib. 

 Cyrtodactylus, part, Grai/. 



Toes elongate, compressed, joints bent at right angles to each 

 other, the base rather thickened beneath, with distinct cross plates. 

 Sides with a slight fold of skin. Scales granular, with scattered 

 tubercles. Preanal nor femoral pores none. Members long, 

 slender. Tail broad, depressed, contracted at the base, attenuated 

 at the tip. Skin closely attached to the bones of the head. 



White's Phyllure. Phyllurus platurus, Cuv. R. A. ii. 58. 

 Guerin, Icon. t. 14, f. 1. Lacerta platurus, Shaw, in Whitens N. 

 S. W. 246, t. 3,/. 2. Gen. Zool. ii. 247. Nat. Misc. t. Qb. Daud. 

 Rept. iv. 24. Merrem, Tent. 51. Wagler, Syn. 144. Dum. 

 et Bib. E. G. iii. 428. Graij, Griffith, A. K. ix. 52. Stellio 

 phyllurus, Schneid. Amph. ii. 31. Lacerta discosurus. Lacep. 

 Ann. Mils. iv. 191. Merrem, A. b\. Phyllurus Cuvieri, Bory, 

 Diet. Class. H. N. vii. 183, t. Gecko platycaudus, Schinz, Ab- 

 bild. t. 17. 



Brown ; back with small scattered spine-like tubercles ; tail 

 depressed, very broad, with a central groove, thin and spinose on 

 the edge, and with cross series of elongate conical tubercles, end 

 slender, cylindrical, tapering ; labial shields \i, with a plate be- 

 tween the nostrils. 



a. Dry. New Holland. 



b. In spirits. New Holland. Presented by Allan Cunningham, 



Esq. 



The Thick-tailed Phyllure. Phyllurus Miliusii, Borj/, 

 Diet. Class. H. N. vii. 183, t. Gray, Griffith, A. K. ix. 52, 



Zool. Erebus and Terror, Rept. t. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 430, 

 t.33,f. 1. 



Chesnut, with white cross bands; back with rather convex co- 

 nical tubercles ; tail broad, thick, with scattered tubercles above, 

 rounded and slightly tubercular on the sides, round, tapering to a 

 fine point at the tip ; chin-shields 4 sided ; labial shields -Jl, with 

 no plate between the nostrils. 



a. In spirits. Tail tubercular, black and white banded. Hout- 



man's Abrollos. 



b. In spirits. Tail brown, subtubercular. Houtman's Abrollos. 



c. Young, in spirits. 



The Spineless Phyllure. Phyllurus inermis, Gray, Zool. 

 Erebus and Terror, Rept. t. 



Brown, minutely black-speckled ; back with round convex and 

 rarely pointed tubercles ; tail depressed, cordate, covered with 

 nearly uniform rather acute granules, thin on the edge, cylindri- 

 cal, slender, tapering at the tip. 



a. In spirits. New Holland. 



