A remarkable new Gecko from South-Africa and 

 a new Stenocercus-species from South-America 



in the Natural Museum in Wiesbaden. 



By 



Lars Gabriel Andersson, Stockholm. 



With plate III. 



Among a collection of reptiles and batrachians which was sent to 

 me for determination from Mr. Ed. Lampe, Custos of the Natural 

 Museum in Wiesbaden, there were two new species : a remarkable 

 gecko from South-Africa, apparently representing a new genus, and 

 a new Stenocercus-species from the highlands of Peru. Some notes 

 on a few other species are also added ; besides, I am able to State 

 that the species Paludicola alpina. established by myself in 1906, i> 

 identical with P. bor eil i Per. All the specimens from South-America 

 are collected by Mr. K. Seyd in the year 1907. 



Palmatogecko Nov. genus. 



A new genus of the family G e c k o n i d a e. Digits alniost to the 

 points included in a thick skin, forming a large palmar surface, below 

 and above densely covered with small uniform granules without am 

 traces of lamellae ; the short free distal Joint with a faint obtuse claw. 

 The wliole animal uniformly granulated. Eyelid distinct all around the 

 eye; pupil vertical. Male without praeanal and femoral pores. 



Palmatogecko rangei n. sp. 



Plate III, Fig. la— c. 



Head large, oviform ; nose broad, triangulär, a little longer than 

 the diameter of the orbit, which is as long as the distance between eye 

 and ear; ear-opening small, oval, only one-third of the eyeball. Nbstrils 



