A new species of Hemidactylus from Harrar, 



Abyssinia. 



By 

 Lars Gabriel Andersson, Stockholm. 



With plate 1. 



Among some reptiles and batmchians, sent to me foi* determination 

 from Museumcustos Ed. Lampe, Wiesbaden, tbere is also a small 

 collection from Harrar, Abyssinia, containing a new species of 

 Hemidactylus, of wliich l give a description here together with 

 a list of the other specimens from the same place. 



Hemidactylus laticaudatiis sp. n. 



Plate 1. 



Head, body, and tail much depressed. Snout rounded, about twice 

 the diameter of the eye, distinctly longer than tlie distance between 

 the eye and the ear-opening, which is small, oval, and vertical (about 

 ■^/g the diameter of the orbit); forehead concave, Digits moderately 

 dilated, free, the distal Joint long; 4 lamellae under the thumb and 

 liallux, 6 — 7 under the fourth toe. Ilead covered with small granules, 

 considerably larger on the snout, 11 — 13 in a row between the nostril 

 and the eye; on the posterior part of the head small, round, smooth, 

 scattered tubercles, smaller and flatter than those on the body. Rostral 

 four-sided, nearly twice as broad as high, Avith distinct median cleft 

 above; nostril pierced between the rostral and 3 or 4 small scales: 

 7 or 8 Upper and ß or 7 lower labials ; symphysial largo, triangulär, 

 4 chin-shields, median pair largest and in contact behind the symphysial. 

 Back covered with small granules, about 20 in a line as long as the 

 nose, intermixed with a great numl)er of small round obtusely pointed 



