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Gonatodes penangensif^, S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 86ii, pi. xliv 



fig. 1. 

 Gonatodes affinis, S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1898, p. 455 ; id. P. Z. S. 1899, 



p. 627 ; Laidlaw, P. Z. S. 1901, i, p. 304 ; liouleng. Fascic. Malay., 



Zool. i, p. 148 (1903). 



Very similar to the preceding. Distinguislied by the scaling of 

 the lower side of the digits, the basal phalanx of the raised portion 

 being covered with small irregular scales instead of lamellae, and 

 by the presence, in males, of femoral pores, 5 to 8, arranged in 

 an obtusely angular or crescent-shaped line. Colour in life, 

 yellowish brown above, mottled with dark brown, deepest (rich red 

 dark brown) on the shoulders ; five transverse yellow bands, two 

 antei'ior veiy bright, three posterior more or less indistinct in 

 some specimens ; the tubercles on the anterior yellow bands of a 

 brilliant golden colour ; lower surface of head bright orange, 

 belly purplish grey ; tail with alternate bands of light and dark 

 brow'n. 



From snout to vent 47 millira, ; tail 45. 



Inhabits the caves among the granite rocks on Penang Hill, 

 2200-2400 ft. Has also been found in the Batu Caves, Sehxngor, 

 by Capt. Flower ; on Gunong Inas, North Perak, 3000-4000 ft., by 

 Mr. Laidlaw ; on Bukit Besar, Jalor, 2500 ft., by Dr. Annandaie. 



A very active lizard, to be found running over the walls both 

 by day and night; also found on tree-trunks in the jangle. 



Genus iELUROSCALABOTES. 



JElurosaurus (non Owen), Bouleng. Cat, Liz. i, p. 73 (1885). 

 ^luroscalabotes, Bouleng. op. cit. iii, p. 482 (1887). 



Digits short, cylindrical at the base, and with transverse 

 lamellae inferiorly, compressed in the distal phalanges, which are 

 raised and furnished with a claw retractile between three plates 

 forming a compressed sheath. Body with small juxtaposed flat 

 scales. Upper and lower eyelids well developed. Pupil vertical. 

 Males with praeanal pores. 



Malay Peninsula and Borneo. 



33. iEluroscalabotes felinus. 



Peiitadacft/lus felinus, Giintb. Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 117, pi. xii, fig. F 



(1864). 

 jElurosaurus felinus, Bouleiig. Cat. Liz. i, p. 73, pi. iii, fig. 8 (1885). 

 jEluroscalahotes felinus, Bouleug. op. cit. iii, p. 482 (1887). 



Habit slender. Snout pointed ; ear-opening small. Body long, 

 not depressed, limbs long and thin. Kostral broad and low, 

 separated from the nostril ; 13 upper and as many lower labials, 



