Number 19. DeckmbiaR 15, 1915. 



OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF 

 ZOOLOGY 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 



Ann Arbor, Michigan. Published by the University. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF 

 LIZARD OF THE FAMILY GEKKONID.^. 



By Alexander G. Ruthven. 



Among the reptiles obtained by the Bryant Walker Expedi- 

 tion to the Santa Alarta Mountains, Colombia, in 1913, there 

 are two specimens of a gecko which is midescribed and which 

 differs from the known forms in the family sufficiently to 

 warrant the erection of a new genus. 



Pseudogonatodes, new genus. 



Descnptioii : Digits rather short, slender, slightly de- 

 pressed at base, the ventral surface with transverse lamellae 

 the last two to four of which are divided, the distal joints a 

 little compressed and forming an angle with the basal portion, 

 provided with claws retractile in a compressed sheath formed 



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