LIZARDS. 177 



E, Toes cylindrical^ tapering^ toothed on the side, loiver surface 

 with denticulated cross plates. Stenodactylina. 



40. Stenodactylus, Cuvier, Dum. et Bib, Stenodactylus, part, 

 Fitz. Gymnodactylus, part, Weigmami. Ascalobotes, Licht. 

 Wagler. Tolarenta, Gray. 



Toes all clawed, cylindi'ical, pointed at the end, edge toothed 

 beneath with denticular cross plates. Femoral nor preanal pores 

 none. Scales granular, equal. Lower eyelid very short. Pupil 

 linear. Tail round, swollen at the base, very slender at the end. 



This genus has the external appearance of the Agamce^ but 

 distinctly belongs to this family. 



Wilkinson's Stenodactyle. Stenodactylus guttatus, Cuv. 

 R. A. ii. 58. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 434. Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. 49. 

 Tolarenta Wilkinsonii, Gray, Z. M. 58. Savigni, Rept. Egypt, 

 t. ],/. 3. L'Agame punctiie, Geoff. Rept. Egypt, t. 5,f. 2. Tra- 

 pelus Savignii, Audouin, Rept. Egypt, Suppl. t. \,f. 3, 4. Asca- 

 lobates Stenodactylus, Licht. Doubl. 1823, 102. Wagler, Syn. 143. 



Brown, white-dotted, beneath white ; tail black, base with rings 

 of white becoming confluent at the tip; the lower rostral squarish, 

 rounded behind ; chin granular, without any shields. 



a. In spirits. Egypt. Presented by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson. 



