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2. Gecko monarchus (Dum. & Bibr.). 



Platydactylus monarchus^ Dum. & Bibr., Erp. Gen. Ill 1836, p. 335. 

 Gecko monarchus^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. I 1885, p. 187 (s. syn.). 



Head moderately large, oviform; snout longer than the dis- 

 tance between the eye and the ear-opening, about one time and 

 two thirds the diameter of the orbit; forehead concave; ear- 

 opening oval, oblique, its greatest diameter one third that of 

 the orbit. Head granular, the granules enlarged on the snout; 

 small tubercles on the occiput. Rostral large; nostril bordered 

 by the rostral, the first labial and three nasals (fig. 33 c). Ten 

 or eleven upper and nine or ten lower labials; mental triangular, 

 small; a large median pair of chin-shields, twice as long as 

 the mental, followed by a few smaller shields. Body granular, 

 with numerous rounded conical tubercles; throat with small 

 flat scales. Ventral scales moderately large, imbricate. Male 

 with a long curved series of 32 — 40 femoral pores. Tail cylin- 

 drical, slightly depressed, annulate, covered above with small 

 granules, below with a median series of transversely dilated 

 plates; each annulus is composed of 12 — 14 rows of scales 

 above, 3 or 4 below; six longitudinal series of flat tubercles 

 above. Limbs granular; digits with a rudiment of web, not very 

 much dilated, inferiorly with undivided curved lamellae. 



Brown or grey, spotted with darker tints, a double series of 

 spots along the middle of the back; tail with darker and lighter 

 bands. Lower parts whitish, each scale finely dotted with dark 

 brown. Length of head and body 95 mm.; tail no mm. 



Habitat: Simalur!; Nias!; Mentawei Islands (Saibi!); Su- 

 matra (Deli!, Langkat, Bingin Telok, Belanie, Palembang!, 

 Taluk!, Gunung Sahilan!, Matur!, Fort de Kock!); Java; Bor- 

 neo! (Matang, Pontianak, Sintang, Kuching, Sarawak, Undup, 

 Sandakan, Baram district, Bandjermassin, Labuan, Mulu, Mt. 

 Dulit); Celebes (Manado, Macassar, Kandari); Ambon!; Ceram; 

 Misol; Aru Islands; Kei Islands. — Malacca; Ceylon; Philippines. 



House-gecko. 



3. Gecko pumilus Boulenger. 



Gecko pumilus^ Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (5) XVI 1885, p. 473; Cat. Liz. Ill 

 1887, p. 488. 



Head small; its width equals the distance from the end of 



