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Records of the Indian Museum. 



[Vol.. IX, 



Closely allied as this species is to the Mala57an G. marmoratus, 

 it can be distinguished by the characters given in the first para- 

 graph of the foregoing description. From G. himalayicus , the only 

 related species known from the Sikhim Himalayas, the femoral 

 pores of the male and the line of tubercles along each side are 

 sound diagnostic features. I have seen only the following 

 examples, the second of which is very young. 



Specimens : — 



17275 (Type). 



17276 (juv.) 



Darjiling dist. (1000- 

 3000 ft.). 



H. E. Lord Carmichael of 

 Skirlino-. 



Gymnodactylus rubidus (Blyth). 



Boulenger, Fauna, p. 69 ; Annandale, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal LXXIII (2) 

 Supplt., pp. 13, 141 1904). 



This species is confined to the Andaman group, on all the 

 wooded islands of which, including the isolated Narcondam, it is 

 abundant. Although usually seen on tree-trunks, it is also found 

 on the ground under flowerpots in the gardens of the settlement 

 of Port Blair. Its nearest ally is apparently G, philippinicus 

 (Gra}^) from the Philippines but the subdigital lamellae of the 

 latter are much more feebly developed. All the members of this 

 group, to which G. marmoratus and G. philippinicus belong as well 

 as the Indian forms, are very closely related, the strongest distin- 

 guishing features lying in the secondary sexual characters of the 

 males. 



The ty^Q is in good condition, except that the natural coloura- 

 tion has completely disappeared, as is the case with most of 

 Blyth's types of lizards. 



Specimens : — 



Capt. Hodge. 



Capt. Hodge, Dr. Dobson, 

 J. Wood -Mason, Esq., 

 Major A. R. S. Anderson. 



F. Finn, Plsq. 



C. A. Paiva, Esq. 



Major A. R. S. Anderson. 



