44 GECKOXID^. 



rhomboidal spots on the middle of the back, or regular longi- 

 tudinal bauds ; a dark band from the eye to the slioulder ; lower 

 parts white. 



I'rom snout to vent SO millim. ; tail 82. 



Inhabits India and Ceylon. A specimen from Penang, from 

 Dr. Cantor's collection, is in the British Museum. 



38. Hemidactyhis flaviviridis. 



JlUppell, N. Wirbelth., Kept. p. 18, pi. vi, fig-. 2 (1835). 



Hen lid act II Ins coctcei, Dum. & Bibr. P]rp. Geu. iii, p. 365 (1836) ; 



Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xvi, p. 630 (1847) ; Glinth. 



Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 100 (1804) : Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 137 (1885) ; 



id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Kept. p. 92 (1890). 



Digits free, strongly dilated ; 8 to 10 lamellae under the inner 

 digits, 11 to 13 under the median. Kosiral with median cleft 

 above, entering the nostril ; 12 to 15 upper and 10 or 11 lower 

 labials ; symphysial large, triangular or pentagonal ; t\^■o or three 

 pairs of chin-shields, median largest and in contact behind the 

 symphysial. Upper surface of body with small granules, some- 

 times \\'\th. scattered enlarged ones on the sides. Male with a 

 short series of 5 or 6 pores under each thigh. Tail depressed, 

 flat beneath, covered above with small smooth scales and 4 or 6 

 longitudinal series of conical tubercles ; beneath with a series of 

 transversely enlarged plates. Grey or greenish above, uniform or 

 with indistinct darker markings ; lower parts white. 



From snout to vent 76 millim. ; tail 81. 



From the Red Sea to India, where it is a common house gecko. 

 A specimen from Penang, from Dr. Cantor's collection, is in the 

 British Museum, but, like the preceding species, it has not been 

 rediscovered in an}^ part of the Malay Peninsula. 



39. Hemidactylus garnoti. 



Bum. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. iii, p. 368 (1836) ; Bouleug. Cat. Liz. i, 

 p. 141 (1885) ; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Ptept. p. 94 (1S90) ; Laidlaw, 

 P.Z. S. 1901, i, p. 305. 



Digits free or witb_ a slight rudiment of web, moderately dilated ; 

 6 or 7 lamelhie under the inner digits, 11 to 14 under the median. 

 Rostral with median cleft above, entering the nostril ; 12 or 13 

 upper and 9 to 11 lower labials; symphysial large, triangular, in 

 contact posteriorly with apair of pentagonal chin-shields, followed by 

 a second smaller pair; the anterior pair of chin-shields in contact, 

 the posterior separated from each other. Up])er surface of body 

 covered with minute granular scales. Male u ith 14 to 19 femoral 

 pores on each side. Tail depressed, flat beneath, with sharp 

 denticulated lateral edge ; scales on upper surface very small, 

 equal, those on lower surface lai'ger, witli a median sei'ies of 

 transverse plates. Brownish grey above, uniform or with more or 



