2 University of Michigan 



a little smaller than the ventrals. Tail cylindrical, thick, a 

 liitle less than half of the total length, co.vered with smooth 

 imbricate, rounded scales. Pupil round; eyelid well developed 

 above. ]Malc without femoral pores. 



y'v/r: Lathrogecko sanctcc-nmrtcc, new species. 



Lathrogecko sanctae-martae, new species. 



Description : Size small. Head about one-fourth of the 

 total lengLli. exclusive of tail, its width five-sevenths of its 

 length; snout less than twics the diameter of the orbit, equal 

 to or a little shorter than the distance between the ear and 

 orbit; ear opening moderate. Body depressed; dorsal scales 

 rounded, imbricate, smooth. Rostral large, cleft above, bound- 

 ing the nostril anteriorly. Upper labials four or three, the first 

 very large; lower labials three, the first the largest. Mental 

 large, deeply grooved ; gular scabs small, tubercular ; abominal 

 scales rounded, smooth, imbricate, a little larger than the 

 dorsals. Caudal scales rounded, smooth, imbricate. 



!\Iale dark brown above with a yellowish white head band 

 which begins at the tip of the snout, extends to the orbit along 

 the canthus rostralis and is continued from the posterior mar- 

 gin of the orbit across the temporal and occipital regions. 

 Belly, chin and throat white or pale yellow, the scales of the 

 belly, chin anrl throat margined with small brown spots, those 

 of the pelvic region and sometimes those of the axillary region 

 more generally spotted. Posterior side of the thighs dark 

 brown with large white spots. I^emale paler, the upper region 

 of the head pale brown with an indistinct paler band across 

 the occipital and temporal regions. Throat and lips banded 

 with white and brown. 



The measurements of the type specimen are as follows: 

 length (exclusive of tail) 21.5 mm., length of head 5.25 mm., 

 width of head 3.75 mm. Tail reproduced. 



