b. On each side 6 — 9 femoral pores; 9 — 10 

 praeanal pores, separated from the former. 

 Tail covered below with enlarged transverse 

 scales. Coloration as in G. iiiarmoratus. . . 



c. An angular series of 44 — 60 pores. Body 

 light brown above with 5 — 7 broad dark 

 brown cross bands, which are almost black 

 towards their posterior border 



d. An uninterrupted series of femoral and prae- 

 anal pores, 30 on each side forming a right 

 angle in the middle, preceded by 4 additional 

 praeanal pores ; no groove. Body brown above 

 with 5 pairs of blackish spots along the 

 back, the first and last pair V-shaped. . . . 



e. A continuous series of 42 pores; a pubic 

 groove. Ear-opening horizontal. Body grey- 

 brown above with blackish spots, which 

 sometimes form irregular cross bands .... 



f. An angular series of 7 — 14 praeanal pores, 

 A -shaped; 10 — 12 femoral pores on each side. 



7. G. balucnsis p. 14. 



8. G. louisiadensis p. 14. 



9. G. loriae p. 16. 



10. G. fiiniosus p. 16. 



II. G. iiibnikaniis p. 18. 



separated from the former; no groove. Body 

 greyish-brown with narrow white, black-edged 

 transverse bands; the first from eye to eye 

 over the occiput, the second over the nape 



through the ear-opening 



"j"! Male with praeanal pores only. 



a. An angular series of 8 or 9 pores; no pubic 

 groove. Body pale brown with dark brown 



markings 12. C. inalayanus^ p. 20. 



b. An angular series of 9 — 11 pores; no pubic 

 groove. Body dark brown above with 9 white, 

 black-edged cross bands, much smaller than 



the interspaces between them 13. G. consobriims p. 21. 



I. Gymnodactylus pelagicus (Girard). 



Heteronota pclagica^ Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad, 1S57, p. 197. 

 Gymnodactylus pelagicus^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. I 1885, p. 40 (s. syn.). 



Head large, depressed; snout nearly twice the diameter of 

 the orbit, which is shorter than its distance to the ear-opening; 

 forehead concave; ear-opening round, one third the diameter 

 of the eye. Head minutely granular, the granules enlarged 



