STENODAOTYLUS. 



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dentinulai' cross plates. No femoral nor pra3-anal pores. Scales granular, 

 equal. Lower eyelid very short; pupil linear. Tail round, swollen at 

 the base, very slender at the end.^' — {Gray, Cat. Liz. B. M. p. 177.) 



Stenodactylus orientalis, IF. BJavford, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 

 vol. xlv. pt. ii. 1876, p. 21; Mitrray, Hdhk., ZooL, Sic, Sind., p. 259. 



General form stout, somewhat depressed ; head flat, short and blunt ; 

 tail slightly swollen at the base, thence diminishing regularly, much 

 stouter'^than in S. guttatus, about the same length as the body without 

 the head. Limbs stout; the fore limb laid forward does not quite reach 

 the end of the snout; the hind limb extends to the axil. The largest 

 specimen obtained measures 3-3 inches, of which theheadis 0-5 and the 

 tail from anus 1'4. The* nostril is situated at the upper outer angle 

 of the rostral, between that shield and three slightly enlarged scales, 

 one of which separates the nasal orifice from the first upper 

 labial. Rostral rectangular, rather higher than the adjoining labials, 

 and about twice as broad ; it has a deep vertical groove in the middle, 

 which disappears on its lower portion. Upper labials about 12, lower 

 labials 10-13, both series becoming much smaller behind and 

 passing into the head scales. Mental as broad , as the rostral, 

 rounded below. No enlarged chin shields, but the granular 

 scales near the lower labials are a little larger than those of 

 the throat. Upper eyelid well developed, covered with granular 

 scales ; lower eyelid wanting. Pupil vertical. Ear opening a vertical 

 slit, not quite equal to the diameter of the eye in length. Upper 

 surface of the head, body and limbs finely granular ; over the back 

 there are scattered small convex dark-coloured tubercles; none on the 

 limbs. Lower parts covered with small granular scales, rather flatter 

 than those of the back, but scarcely larger on the abdomen and 

 smaller on the throat- Toes short and thick, all of them finely fringed 

 with short-pointed denticulations, the lower surface with cross plates, 

 each divided into several ribs or tubercles. All the toes furnished with 

 nearly straight claws. Tail finely granular throughout, the granules 

 being disposed in rings. 



Colour pale sandy, the tail (and in one specimen the body) with dark 

 transverse bands ; a darker line from the eye down each side. The 

 enlarged tubercles on the back are dark brown. In one specimen the 

 sides of the snout and labials are mottled with dusky markings. 

 {Blanfofd, J. A. 8. B. vol. xlv. pt. ii. 1876, p. 21.) 



jH"a6.— Sind (South of Rohri, and Hills west of the Shikarpoor 

 district) obtained by Mr. Blanford. 



Stenodactylus Dunstervillei, Sp. Nov. 



Upper labials 15. Lower labials 13-14, with an increasing series of 

 scales, larger than those on the chin and throat, running along their 

 lower edge, there being one between the 1st and 2nd labials, and 7 rows 

 immediately below the middle of the eye. Scales on the chin and throat 

 smaller than those on the belly. Rostral grooved, as high as wide. 

 Nostril between the rostral, first labial and two post-nasals ; a scaly fringe 



