HERPETOLOGY OF JAPAN. 



List of spcciviens of Uanidactylusfrcnatus. 



175 



oType of //. inornatus (figs. 167-168). 



6 Description, p. 173. 



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HEMIDACTYLUS MARMORATUS " Hallowell. 



1860. Hemidactylus niarmoratns H.\llowell, Proc. Phila. Acad., 1860, p. 491 (type- 

 locality, Loo Choo). — BouLENGER, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., L1885, p. 113. 



The type has apparently been lost, and no species of Hemidactylus 

 answering to Hallowell's description, which is very defective, to say 

 the least, has been brought from the Riii Kiu Archipelago. Under 

 these circumstances it may be useful to reproduce here Hallowell's 

 original description in full, the obvious errors being corrected, as 

 explained in the footnotes. 



Description. — Mental plate pentangular, small; a transverse row 

 of plates immediatel}" behind the mental and fii'st infra-labials; the 

 two middle much larger than the lateral ones; behind these several 



a Signifying marbled; with dark markings like the veins in marble. 



