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45. Lepidodactylus ceylonensis. 



Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 164, pi. xiii, fig. 3 (1885) ; id. Faun. Brit. 

 Ind., Kept. p. 98 (1890) ; S. Flower, P.Z. S. 1896, p. 867 ; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1899, p. 631 ; Annandale, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Beno-al 

 (2) i, p. 84 (1905). 



Body elongate, limbs short. Digits free, inner rudimentary, 

 tlie median with -4 or 5 angular, divided lamellae. Rostral entering 

 the nostril; 11 or 12 iipper and as many lower labials; sym- 

 physial small, subtriangular ; no chin-shields. Male with 8 prae- 

 anal pores forming an angular seines, and 7 or 8 femoral pores 

 on each side. Tail cylindrical, covered with uniform small scales. 

 Brown above, with small round yellowish spots; a dark streak 

 from the tip of the snout to the shoulder, passing through the 

 eye. Flower describes a Singapore specimen as dark brown 

 above, spotted with brick-red and black, with light yellow spots on 

 lips and behind eyes, purplish brown under the body, rustv brown 

 and yellow, with minute black spots, under the tail. 



From snout to vent 40 millim. ; tail 34. 



Originally described from Ceylon. Found also in Burma, the 

 Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Java, and Engano. Two specimens were 

 found by Capt. Flower in Government House, Singapore. 



46. Lepidodactylus lugubris. 



Flatydactylus luffttbris, Duiu. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. iii, p. 304 (1836) ; 



Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xvi, p. 622 (1847). 

 Peripia cantons, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 110 (1864). 

 Lepidodactylus lugubris, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 165 (1885) ; id. 



Faun. Brit. Ind., Rept. p. 99 (1890). 



Body and limbs moderately elongate. Digits with a rudiment 

 of web, inner well developed ; 7 or 8 angular, divided lamellae 

 under the fingers, 8 or 9 under the toes. Rostral entering the 

 nostril ; 11 to 13 upper and 10 or 11 lower labials ; symphysial 

 small ; 4 transverse rows of small chin-shields. Femoral pores in 

 a long series, angular in the middle, 25 to 30 altogether. Tail 

 flat beneath, with sharpish, sometimes feebly serrated lateral edge; 

 caudal scales small, flat, equal. Light pinkish grey or brownish 

 above, usually with a series of small, black or purplish brown spots 

 on each side of the vertebral line ; a purplisli-brown streak from 

 the end of the snout to the ear, passing through the eye ; labials 

 usually finely dotted with brown ; lower parts white. 



From snout to vent 45 millim. ; tail 40. 



Burma, Andamans and Nicobars, Penang, Malay Archipelago, 

 Papuasia, and Polynesia. 



