HEMIDACTYLUS. 41 



2. Enlarged dorsal tubercles, if present, 



small, smooth, conical or very feebly 



keeled. 



6 or 7 lamellffi under the hallux, 9 to II under 



the fourth toe; males with 12 to 16 femoral 



pores on each side ; tail not denticulated on 



the sides H. h'schonudtii, p. 43. 



8 to 10 lamellfe under the hallux, 11 to 13 

 under the fourth toe ; males with 5 or G 

 femoral pores on each side ; tail not denti- 

 culated on the side.s H.Jiaviviridis, p. 41. 



6 or 7 lamellae under the hallux, 11 to 14 under 

 the fourth toe ; male with 14 to 19 femoral 

 pores on each side ; tail with sharpish, denti- 

 culated lateral edge It. (jarnuii. p. 44. 



II. Digits nearly half-webbed ; a cutaneous 

 expansion from axilla to groin ; males with 

 17 or 18 femoral pores on each side //. iilatyHrus, p. 4.5. 



34. Hemidactylus frenatus. 



Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. iii, p. 360 (1830) ; Giinth. Kept. Brit. Ind. 

 p. 161 (1864); Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 120 (1885); id. Faun. 

 Brit. Ind., Kept. p. 8.j (1890) ; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 628. 



Digits moderately dilated, free, inner with sessile claw ; 4 or 5 

 lamellae under the inner digits, 7 to 9 under the fourth finger, 

 9 or 10 under the fourth toe. Kosfcral with median cleft above, 

 entering the nostril ; 10 to 12 upper and 8 to 10 lower labials ; 

 symphysial large, triangular or pentagonal; two or three pairs of 

 chin-shields, the median in contact behind the symphysial. tipper 

 surface of body granular, usually with more or less numerous 

 irregularly scattered, small, round, convex tubercles. Male with 

 a series of 80 to 30 femoral pores, not interrupted on the proeanal 

 region. Tail rounded, feebly depressed, covered above with very 

 small smooth scales and six longitudinal series of keeled tubercles, 

 below with a median series of transversely dilated plates. Greyish 

 or pinkish brown above, uniform or more or less distinctly marbled 

 with darker; head generally variegated with brown; a more or 

 less defined brown streak, light-edged above, on the side of the 

 head, passing through the eye, sometimes extending along the 

 side of the body ; whitish beneath. 



Prom snout to vent 0.3 millim. ; tail Q'^. 



From China and India to the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago ; 

 islands of the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans ; East Africa ; 

 St. Helena. 



The commonest house gecko throughout the Malay Peninsula. 

 Often found on boats and steamers, which explains its wide dis- 

 tribution. It frequents, houses, gardens, and the open country, 

 where it conceals itself in the daytime, but indoors it is not 

 strictly nocturnal. 



