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nasal separated from its fellow of the opposite side by two seales about equal to 
the supranasals in size, these four border the rostral posteriorly; three large 
supralabials to below centre of eye; scales of head small almost round, slightly 
keeled; nonimbricate, on snout larger, polygonal, also weakly keeled; scales of 
neck very small and granular passing abruptly on the shoulders to the dorsals 
which are large, heavily keeled, imbricate about eight equalling the distance of 
tip of snout from centre of eye; a narrow sharply defined middorsal zone of fine 
granular scales; mental large, one large and two smaller infralabials to below 
centre of eye; chin-shields small, pavement-like and homogeneous in size; scales 
of neck and chest with faint weak keels; ventrals round, imbricating, much 
smaller than dorsals also weakly keeled; scales of limbs, small, imbricate, keeled; 
tail-scales in irregular whorls of small scales; large transverse plates below. 
Colour:— Brown, body with faint wavy lines, tail marbled. The throat 
is almost invariably speckled or lined with bold black spots or streaks; the head 
striped or marbled above and on the sides with dark lines. The markings while 
very narrow are often bold and conspicuous. 
Dimensions:— Tip of snout to vent : 25 mm. 
Vent to tip of tail 32 mm. 
Greatest width of head 5 mm. 
Tip of snout to ear 7 mm. 
Fore limb 7 mm. 
Hind limb 11 mm. 
Remarks:— It is very significant and noteworthy that while Mr. Noble took 
nearly an hundred sphaerodactyls in Guadeloupe at many localities they were 
every one of the same species. Strong evidence this, against the proposition 
that many species occur scattered haphazard throughout the archipelago. Mr. 
Noble also found the rather large, single, oblong eggs, which measure 6.5 X 4.75 
mm., in rotten wood. 
99. SPHAERODACTYLUS PicTUS Garman. 
Plate 8, fig. 2; Plate 23, fig. 1-4. 
Sphaerodactylus pictus Garman, Bull. Essex inst., 1887, 19, p. 20. 
Type-locality:— St. Christopher. 
Types:— M. C. Z. 6,071, two specimens. Samuel Garman during the Expe- 
dition of the U. 8. C. S. steamer BLAKE. 
Distribution:— St. Christopher. 
