1913.] N. Annandale : Indian Geckos. 313 



i. Subcaudal scales imbricate. 



a. Dorsal scales uniform, angular, 



arranged with great regularity ... G. jeyporensts. 

 6. Dorsal scales rounded, by no means 



uniform, arranged irregularly ... G. Jiebiilosiis. 

 ii. Subcaudal scales juxtaposed, vertici- 

 late. 

 a. Dorsal scales homogeneous ... G. deccaiicnsis. 



6. Larger dorsal scales separated by 



much smaller and less regular ones G. albofnsciatits. 

 2. Enlarged transverse subcaudal plates pre- 

 sent ; (dark, pale-edged cross-bars or 

 spots conspicuous on dorsal surface ; male 

 pores present). 

 a. Enlarged transverse plates absent from 



proximal part of tail ... ... G. peguensis (Hills of 



Pegu ; Malay States). 

 . Plates extending forwards to posterior end 

 of postanal swelling at base of tail. 

 . Dark cross-bars on back much narrower 

 than pale interspaces ; (no femoral 

 pores in male) ... ... G. coiisobrinoides 



(Tavoy). 

 i. Dark cross-bars or transverse spots on 

 back at least nearly as wide as palei 

 interspaces. 

 a. No femoral pores in male. 



a Male with 10 to 12 praeanal pores G. fasciolattis (W. 



Himalayas). 

 b Male with only 4 praeanal pores ... G. freiiafiis (Ceylon). 

 j8. Both femoral and praeanal pores in 

 male. 

 a Some of male praeanal pores in a 



longitudinal groove ... G. piilclielius (l.. 



Burma ; Malaysia). 

 b No pubic groove in male. 



i. 22 to 26 ventral scales across 



mid-belly ... ... G. va/iegattis (Dawna 



Hills, Tenasserim.) 

 ii. About 35 ventral scales across 



mid-belly ... ... G.feae (U. Burma). 



GROUP I. 



Gymnodactylus montium-salsorum, sp. nov, 



(Plate xvii, fig, i). 



G. geckoides, Blyth {nee Spix), Joiirn. As. Soc Bengal, XXH, p. 410 (1853). 

 G. caspius, Stoliczka {nee Eichwald), Proc. As. Soe. Bengal, 1872, p. 80 ; 



Theobald, Cat. Kept. Brit. Ind., p. 91 (1876). 

 G.fedtschenkoi, Boulenger {nee Strauch), Faun. Brit. Ind., Kept., p. 61 



(1892) ; Annandale, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) XV, p. 26 (1905)- 



HaUt slender, moderately depressed. Limbs moderate ; hind 

 limb reaching axilla ; fore limb reaching tip of snout. Tail slender, 

 cylindrical, tapering. 



Head ovoid but narrowly rounded at tip of snout, -not de- 

 pressed posteriorly ; snout somewhat depressed but not spatulate, 

 a little longer than distance between eye and ear ; forehead some- 

 what concave ; ear-opening of medium size, vertical. 



