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 5- Lepidodactylus woodfordi Boulenger. 



Lepidodactylus woodfordi^ Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 334 pi. 28, fig. I ; 

 Cat. Liz. Ill 1887, p. 487. 



Closely allied to the preceding one, from which it differs on 

 the following points: Digits without distinct web. Tail a little 

 depressed, rounded. Male with 25 femoral and praeanal pores. 



Grey above, with zigzag black cross bands, bordered with 

 light posteriorly, six between the nape and the base of the tail; 

 a black streak from the nostril to the neck, passing through 

 the eye and above the ear. Lower parts whitish. Length of 

 head and body 40 mm.; tail 38 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Aroma!, VaHse Island). — Solomon 

 Islands. 



9. Gecko Laurenti. 



(Laurenti, Syn. Rept. p. 43, 176S). 



Digits strongly dilated, free or webbed, with undivided 

 lamellae below (fig. 35), all clawed, except the inner one. Head 

 and body covered above with juxtaposed granular scales or tu- 

 bercles, below with small flat imbricate scales. Pupil vertical. 

 Male with praeanal or femoral pores. 



Distribution. Japan; China; the East-Indies; Philippine 

 Islands. 



Key to the In do-Australian species. 



A. Rostral bordering the nostril (fig. 33 ^, d^. 



I. Granules on the throat intermixed with larger 

 ones; diameter of ear-opening half that of the 



orbit ; male with 7 — 29 femoral pores on each side. i. G. vittatus p. 52. 



II. Granules on the throat equal. 



a. Diameter of ear-opening one third that of the 

 orbit; male with 16 — 20 femoral pores on 



each side 2. 6". monarchns p. 54. 



b. Diameter of ear-opening nearly one third that 

 of the orbit ; male with 1 1 praeanal pores in 

 an angular series, separated from 12 femoral 



pores on each side 3- ^' ptt'iiilus p. 54. 



B. Rostral not bordering the nostril (fig. 33 «, ^). 

 I. A scaled membrane on each side of the body, 



fringed on the edge ; tail bordered with rounded 



lobes; digits fully half-webbed 4. (?. rhacophortis p. 55. 



