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slightly depressed at the base, with well-developed transverse 

 plates interiorly. Head gx'auular, with small ronnd tubercles on 

 the occipital and temporal regions ; rostral with median cleft 

 above, entering the nostril; 10 to 13 upper and IC to 12 lower 

 labials ; sympliysial triangular ; two or three pairs of chin-shields, 

 median largest and forming a suture behind the symphysial. 

 Body and limbs covered above with small flat granules intermixed 

 with small roundish, keeled, subtrihedral tubercles : a series of 

 keeled tubercles from axilla to groin, bordering the abdominal 

 region ; ventral scales moderately large, imbricate, about 30 in a 

 transverse series. Male with a longitudinal groove, on the pubic 

 region, containing two parallel series of praeanal pores, forming a 

 right angle with a long series of femoral pores ; altogether 18 to 

 20 pores on each side, 4 or o of which are in the groove. Tail 

 above with small flat scales and annuli of feebly keeled tubercles, 

 beneath with a series of large transverse plates. Light yellowish 

 brown in life, with five dark rich brown cross-bands bordered with 

 white or yellow ; the first band horseshoe-shaped, from eye to eye 

 over the nape ; tail with complete dark annuli ; lower parts dirty 

 white or bluish buff ; iris golden-brown. 



From snout to vent 115 millim. ; tail 144. 



Bengal, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula (Penang Hills, 2000- 

 2400 ft., Larut Hills, Perak, 3400-4400 ft. ; Batu Caves, Kuala 

 Lumpor, Selangor; Jalor Caves, J^ukit Besar, 2500 ft., and Goah 

 Tanah, near Biserat). Also recorded from Singapore. 



According to Flower, this Gecko is nocturnal, usually living on 

 rocks. Bites fiercely when handled. Very connnon in many of 

 the limestone caves so abundant throughout the Peninsida. 



30. Gymnodactylus consobrinus. 



Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. ol9 ; id. Ann. Miis. Civ. Geneva, 

 iii, pi. ii, tig. 1 (1872) : Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 47 (1685). 



Similar to the preceding, but ear-openiug smaller, granules and 

 tubercles on the upper parts smaller, the dorsal tubercles not or 

 but very indistinctly keeled, ventral scales much smaller (about 

 55 in a transverse series), and no pubic groove or femoral pores. 

 9 to 11 prneanal pores, in an angular series. Grey-brown above, 

 with darker transverse bands, 4 to 8 in number, much wider than 

 the interspaces between them ; tail with large dark and small 

 light annuli ; in the young, the dark bands almost black and the 

 interspaces w hite ; lower parts dirty white. 



From snout to vent 115 millim. ; tail 130. 



Originallv described from Borneo. Has since been found at 

 Gunong Augsi, Negri Sembilan, at an altitude of 2500 ft., but has 

 not been met with elsewhere in the Malay Peninsula. 



