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half the diameter of the eye; ear-opening very small, oval, 

 oblique. Rostral broad, nearly pentagonal; nostril bordered by 

 the rostral, the first labial, a supra- 

 nasal and two or three small scales. 

 Eleven upper and as many lower 

 labials; mental small, triangular; no 

 chin-shields. Body long and slender; 

 covered with small granular scales, Fig. 29. Hcmiphyllodactylus typus 

 those on the snout and the limbs ^1^^- X 4- 



somewhat enlarged. Limbs slender ; 



digits very unequal, free (fig. 30); inner rudimentary; four pair of 

 lamellae under the other digits. Ventral scales larger, smooth, 



imbricate. Male with an angular series 

 of 15 praeanal pores. Tail cylindrical, 

 slender, covered with small scales. 



Brown above, marbled with darker; 

 a dark streak from the tip of the snout 

 to the shoulder, passing through the 

 „. ^ -.1 77 J , 1 eye; a series of round whitish spots 



Fig- 30- Hcmiphvllcaactylus ■' ' ^ 



typus Blkr. Fore' limb X 8. beginning behind the eye and continued 



along each side of the body to the 

 tail. Tail lighter brown above with two whitish elongate spots 

 at its base, white below for two thirds of its length. Lower 

 parts of body whitish, speckled with brown. Length of head 

 and body 44 mm.; tail -^^ mm. 



Habitat: Simalur!; Nias!; Sumatra (Deli!, Muara Labu, 

 Agam, Fort de Kock!); Borneo; Java (Buitenzorg, Nongkodja- 

 djar in Tengger Mts. 1300 M.!, Gunung Parong). 



8. Lepidodactylus Fitz. 



(FiTZiNGER, Syst. Kept. p. 98, 1843). 



Digits dilated, free or with a rudiment of web; below with 

 transverse lamellae, divided by a median groove (fig. 32). A very 

 short compressed distal clawed joint rising from the extremity 

 of the dilated part; inner digit without a claw. Body covered 

 above with granular scales, below with juxtaposed or subim- 

 bricate scales. Pupil vertical. Males with praeanal or femo- 

 ral pores. 



Distribution. The East Indies; Islands of the Pacific; South- 

 West Australia; Polynesia. 



