38 . GEC'KONID.'E. 



Genus GONATODES. 

 Fitziiig. Svst. Eept. p. 91 (1843). 



Digits slender, clawed, cylindrical or depressed at the base ; 

 the distal phalanges compressed, forming an angle with the basal 

 portion ot" the digits, the lower surface of which bears a row^ of 

 plates. Bod)^ more or less depressed, granular or tubercular 

 above. Pupil circular ; eyelid distinct all round the eye. Males 

 with or without pra^anal or femoral pores. 



Southern Asia, Tropical Africa, Tropical America. 



Two species in the Malay Peninsula : — 



Base of raised portion of digits with transverse 



plates beneiitli G. IcendaUi, p. 38. 



Base of raised portion of digit with small irregular 



scales beneath G. affinh, p. 38. 



31. Gonatodes kendalli. 



Heteronota kendallii, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 174 (1845). 

 Gonafodes kend(dlii, IJouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 63, pi. v, I'ig. 4 (1885) ; 

 S. Flow^er, P. Z. 8. 1896, p. 863, and 1899, p. 627 ; Ridley, Jouru. 

 ' Straits Branch Hoy. Asiatic Soc. No. 32, p. 193 (1899). ' 



Habit slender. Snout long and broad, rounded, depressed ; 

 ear-opening vertically ovai, not more than half diameter of orbit. 

 Limbs elongate ; digits interiorly with transverse lamellaj and a 

 large oval plate at the articulation between the basal and the 

 raised portion. Upper parts covered with minute granules 

 intermixed on the bodj' with irregularly arranged small Iceeled 

 tubercles ; rostral with median cleft above, entering the nostril ; 

 11 to 13 upper and 10 to 12 lower labials; symphysial very large, 

 subtriangular ; a pair of large chin-shields. Ventral scales very 

 small, juxtaposed, convex, keeled. No praeanal or femoral pores. 

 Tail slender, with small keeled scales and large pointed tubercles, 

 of which there is sometimes a median series along the lower 

 surface. Colour in life, yellow above, marked with reddish 

 brown and dark brown : tail alternately banded yelloM" and 

 reddish brown ; lo^er ])arts purplish grey ; iris orange. 



Prom snout to vent 80 millim.; tail 00. 



First described from Borneo, this species has since been found 

 at Bukit Timah, Singapore ; Larut Hills, Perak, 3400-4600 ft. ; 

 and on Great Natuna Island. 



During the daytime, according to Plower's observations at 

 Singapore, it hides in crevices under big rocks in the jungle. 



32. Gonatodes affinis. 



Cyrtodacti/h(>i affjui.^i, Stoliczka, Jouru. Asiat. Soc. Benijal, xxxix, 



p. 167, pi. X, %. 1 (1S70). 

 Gy7nnodadi/h(!< afliiiis, Bouleng-. Cat. Liz. i, p. 42 (1885). 



