MIMETOZOOK. 45 



less distinct browu and whitish spots ; lower parts uniform 

 whitish. 



Prom snout to vent 60 millim. ; tail 69. 



Sikkim, Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, South Pacific 

 Islands. Eai'e in the Malay Peninsula, where two specimens 

 were caught inside a house by Mr. Laidlaw, at Kuala Aring, 

 Kelantan. 



40. Hemidactylus platyurus. 



Stellio plati/xinit, Scbneid. Ampb. Pbys. ii, p. 30 (1790). 

 Nycteridium sch)ieidei-i, Giintb. Kept. Brit. Ind. p. Ill (1864). 

 Hemidactylus 2^!fiti/t/rns, Bouleng'. Oat. Liz. i, p. 143 (1885) ; id. 



Faun. Brit. Ind'., Ilept. p. 95 (1890) ; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, 



p. 629. 



Body and limbs much depi'essed ; a cutaneous expansion from 

 axilla to groin, and another bordering the hiud limb posteriorly. 

 Digits about half-webbed, strongly dilated ; 5 or 6 lamelte under 

 the inner digits, 7 to 9 under the median. Ptostral with median 

 cleft above, entering the nostril ; 9 to 11 upper and 7 or 8 lower 

 labials ; symphysial lai-ge, triangular or pentagonal, in contact 

 with two large chin-shields, followed by two smaller ones. Upper 

 parts covered with uniform small granules. Male with an unin- 

 terrupted series of femoral pores, 17 or 18 on each side. Tail 

 much depressed, flat beneath, with sharp denticulated lateral edge, 

 above with uniform small granules, below with a series of trans- 

 verse plates. Grey above, more or less speckled or marbled with 

 brow'n ; often ^ith quadrangular dark spots in pairs along the 

 back, each jjair situated on a reddish-brown transverse baud ; tail 

 with similar dark cross-bands ; a dark line on each side of the 

 head, passing through the eye, usually present ; beneath bright 

 lemon-yellow, pale yellow, or dirty white, tail sometimes coral-red. 



Pvom snout to vent 61 millim. ; tail 66. 



Ceylon, Darjeeling, Burma, Siam, S. China, Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago. 



Common in houses and gardens at Singapore. Also known 

 from Penang ; Khota Jiharu, Kelantan ; Trengganu, Patani ; and. 

 Bukit Besar. Decidedly more of a jungle species than H. 

 frenatus. 



Genus MIMETOZOON. 



Bouleng. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 767. 



Digits extensively webbed, strongly dilated, \\ith two rows of 

 lamella? beneath ; the two distal jdialanges compressed and slender, 

 rising from within the extremity of the dilated portion ; all the 

 digits clawed. Limbs and sides of head, body, and tail with much- 

 developed dermal expansions. Upper surfaces covered with 

 juxtaposed granular scales and tubercles, the parachute-membrane 



