Number 21. February lo, 1916. 



OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF 

 ZOOLOGY 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 

 Ann Arbor, Michigan. Puiu.ismed by the Unive^^sity. 



A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF LIZARD FROM 



coLOMiuA, wrrpi realarks on the 



GENUS PSEUDOGONATODES. 

 By Alexander G. Ruthven. 



A small lizard was obtained in the region of the Santa 

 ]\rarta Mountains, Colombia, by the Bryant \A'alker Expedi- 

 tion, in 191 3, which apparently represents an undescribed 

 species and genus in the family Eublepharidae. 



Lathrogecko, new genus. 



Description : Digits short, stout, cylindrical, the distal 

 joints forming an angle with the basal portion, provided with 

 transverse lamellae on the ventral surface, terminating in a 

 large compressed sheath formed by six scales — two large 

 petaloid laterals, two elongate upper laterals, an elongate 

 dorsal covering the suture between the upper laterals, and a 

 small dorsal in the angle formed by the ends of the upper 

 laterals and large dorsal. Head and neck covered with granu- 

 lar scales, those on the snout enlarged. Body depressed, 

 covered with rather large, smooth, imbricate scales, the dorsals 



Scientific P.^pers of the University of Michigan No. 22. 



